Prabowo-Gibran Will Attend And Open The XVIII Muslimat NU Congress

SURABAYA - President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend the XVIII Muslimat Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Congress at East Java Expo Surabaya, on Monday 10 February. He will be accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka to open the congress.

"Mr. President of the Republic of Indonesia and Mr. Vice President confirmed that God willing, they will attend. In addition, Rois Aam Syuriyah PBNU and PBNU General Chair Kiai Yahya Cholil Staquf are also planned to attend," said PP Muslimat NU Chairman Khofifah Indar Parawansa during a press conference in Surabaya, citing ANTARA on Sunday, February 9.

A number of ministers will also attend and provide material in congress plenaries, such as the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Minister of Health, Minister of Religion, National Nutrition Agency, Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Minister of Social Affairs and also Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA).

"A number of ministers were present and gave the material because so far the NU Muslimat has partnered strongly with the relevant ministries, so they, God willing, will be present to provide material in the congress plenary plenary session," he said.

In total, there will be more than 7,000 NU Muslimats who will attend the opening ceremony. Official participants are 3,025 people. They come from various parts of Indonesia, including 10 special NU Muslimat branch managers who are abroad.

In this congress, he said, the NU Muslimat will launch three national programs, namely Mustika Mesem (Beautiful Muslimat Overcoming Extreme Poverty), Mustika Darling (Muslimat Cantik Awareness of the Environment), and Mustika Segar (Muslimat Cantik Sehat and Bugar).

A total of these three programs have been implemented in a number of areas, such as the Mustika Mesem program, a rantangan program containing complete food, including rice, vegetables, and side dishes from Muslimat NU to be given to people who are registered as extreme poor.

The Mustika Darling program educates the public so that every NU Muslimati activity such as recitation does not leave waste. This activity is even expected to be followed by a love-environmental program such as initiating a waste bank.

"For Mustika Segar is a gymnastics program whose every movement is adapted for the elderly, because the Muslimat NU members are mostly not young," said Khofifah.

He also apologized to all road users around East Java Expo for opening activities on Monday (10/2) the XVIII Muslimat NU Congress will coincide with office hours so that it is predicted that it will cause road congestion.

His party has had a meeting with the Surabaya Polrestabes Satlantas to reduce congestion, along the frontage road in front of the East Java Expo will be closed.

In front of East Java Expo will only be used to drop off guests and there will be no passenger pick-up. The parking bag will be centered at UINSA and Maspion Square. The congregation when disbanded the event will walk to the parking lot of their respective vehicles.

"We also leave an apology if tomorrow the traffic around East Java Expo will be disrupted in the afternoon. Therefore, we hope that the community can take alternative routes such as the Jemursari area of MERR to avoid congestion points," he said.