Some 30,000 ATM veterans yet to apply for Bakti Negara aid

SIK: About 30,000 veterans of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) have yet to apply for the Bakti Negara aid which was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last July.

Department of Veteran Affairs ( DVA) Management Services Division Assistant Director 1 Lieutenant Commander Mohd Yazid Abu Bakar said they were among the 75,000 ATM veterans who were eligible for the aid.

He advised those who had not applied to do so next year as the application for this year was already closed last October.

“Applications can be made at the DVA office in the respective states. ” he said, adding that ATM veterans would receive RM1,200 ( for those receiving BR1M) or RM600 ( for those not receiving BR1M) annually under the Bakti Negara aid

Mohd Yazid told this to Bernama when met at a ‘Jalinan Kasih’ programme which was attended by Jeneri assemblyman Mahadzir Abd Hamid here yesterday.

Earlier, Mahadzir presented food kits to 30 ATM veterans in the Jeneri constituency.

Mohd Yazid also urged ATM veterans to join the army veteran associations so that information regarding the Bakti Negara aid and other schemes offered by the government could be easily passed on to them and their family members.

“We will also disseminate the information through the print and electronic media, flyers, briefings and gatherings,” he said. — Bernama