Minister Basuki Asks His Subordinates To Apply Worship Values In Running The Infrastructure Development Program This Year

Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of PUPR)

JAKARTA - Entering the beginning of 2023, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) held a joint prayer which was attended by all Middle High Officials, Primary High Officials, Administrator Officers, Head of Center/Balai, and Head of Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) within the Ministry of PUPR, on Monday, January 2.

The event was held face-to-face or virtually while still implementing health protocols.

PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono also invited all of his parties to be able to promote worship values for the benefit of the community in carrying out infrastructure development programs this year.

"Please in the 2023 program find the afterlife values in carrying out the program. I often say, drinking water projects are projects for dry areas, not water-intensive areas. Our job is to find water in areas that need water, the value is definitely better in the value of worship," Basuki said in his press statement, as quoted on Tuesday, January 3.

As a ministry assigned to spend state money, Basuki invites all PUPR personnel to increase faith and quality in worship.

"The conditions are intention and exercise. Without training, we will not be able to get guidance. So, let's intend and train, may Allah SWT give us guidance," he said.

Furthermore, in the implementation of the infrastructure program in 2022, Minister Basuki expressed his appreciation to all employees within the Ministry of PUPR.

This is because all people at the Ministry of PUPR have worked optimally, especially the Technical Implementation Unit which has worked well in absorbing the budget for infrastructure development throughout 2022, thus providing benefits in supporting socio-economic activities in Indonesia.

"The physical achievements of the Ministry of PUPR are 95.76 percent and finance is 93.3 percent. I think this is better than last year. These are all the result of the hard work of all colleagues, especially in UPT," he said.

Meanwhile, the Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Ministry of PUPR Mohammad Zainal Fatah said that this joint prayer event is a time for customers to do introspection of what has been done in 2022 and is an encouragement in 2023 in building reliable infrastructure in Indonesia, so that the infrastructure built can be felt and improve the quality of life of the community.

Zainal also conveyed a number of awards received by the Ministry of PUPR for performance throughout 2022, such as awards in the field of Public Communication, awards for Geospatial Information Network Simpuls, and asset management capabilities of the State Asset Management Institute (LMAN).

"Hopefully in carrying out our future duties, our steps will get the pleasure of Allah SWT, and we all certainly want the goods in it," he concluded.