After Being Sworn In At The Palace, Ahmad Luthfi Admits That He Will Fix The Homecoming Route Crossing Central Java

Illustration of the density of Lebaran homecoming (Between)

Central Java (Central Java) Governor Ahmad Luthfi said he would coordinate with the central government, especially the Ministry of Public Works, to ensure national roads are in good condition ahead of the 2025 Eid homecoming.

In addition, services to provincial and district roads will also be improved so that the flow of homecoming and return in the Central Java region runs smoothly.

"At least before the homecoming and homecoming flows in Central Java are smooth and good," said Luthfi, undergoing the inauguration of 961 regional heads and deputy heads led by President Prabowo at the Jakarta Palace, Thursday, February 20.

On the same occasion, Luthfi stated that after being inaugurated, his party's main focus was on improving infrastructure to overcoming the problem of poverty in Central Java Province.

"All of our programs are carried out optimally. Yes, infrastructure," he said.

Luthfi said he would accelerate all programs by focusing on planned priority programs and action programs.

Regarding the poverty problem in Central Java, which has been in the spotlight in recent years, Luthfi said several efforts would be made, including improving basic services, including improving infrastructure in 2,600 schools that are the responsibility of the provincial government.

In addition, strengthening food self-sufficiency as a national rice barn will be the focus and priority on the development of secondary irrigation infrastructure.

Social assistance programs, such as 1,000 livable houses and direct cash assistance will also be increased.

He said to overcome the problem of education for the extreme poor, his party would provide scholarships for 160 thousand extreme poor people who dropped out of school, including uniform costs, internet, books, and others.

"There are 160 thousand extreme poor people who drop out of school, we will free them to go back to school by providing scholarships, be it uniforms then the internet or uniforms or books and so on," he said.

Regarding the budget efficiency policy, Luthfi said that efficiency does not mean abolition of the budget, but rather optimizing the use of funds.

Some budget items that will be streamlined include official travel, meetings, and programs that are considered not popular or not in favor of the community.

The governor said that programs that were not in favor of the people would be re-evaluated to ensure that the budget was allocated to more priority matters, such as infrastructure development.

"Programs that are not popular and not to the community, are not pro to the people, we must re-evaluate them so that in the future our infrastructure will make God willing, we can afford it from the central and regional governments," he said.