Nusron Wahid Says 564,957 Hectares Of Abandoned Land Can Be Used For Transmigration Programs

JAKARTA - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid said, there is abandoned land covering an area of 564,957 hectares (ha) spread across provinces that have the potential to be used for the transmigration program.

This was conveyed by Nusron when receiving a visit from the Minister of Transmigration M. Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara at the Office of the Ministry of ATR/BPN, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 12.

"With the transmigration program, in the future these abandoned lands have high economic value. So, it is beneficial for the benefit of the nation and state. This is exactly what is expected and mandated by the 1945 Constitution Article 33 that the earth, water, air and all its contents controlled by the state are used as much as the people's prosperity," said Nusron as quoted from his written statement, Wednesday, November 13.

Both parties also agreed to take advantage of the abandoned land in order to make the transmigration program a success.

"We need cooperation with any institution that can take advantage of these abandoned lands so that they have economic value. Incidentally, today the use comes from transmigration. So the tit for tat, he has a program and will bring people to take advantage of the land," he said.

On the same occasion, the Minister of Transmigration M. Iftitah Sulaiman assessed that the agreement taken with Nusron was to support the transmigration program, one of which was in the Papua region.

"It is impossible to place transmigrants without any land and spatial planning that has been determined or determined and approved by the Ministry of ATR/BPN. The focus will be on how to develop areas that have added economic value for the nation and state," he said.