PBNU Interested In Buying 100 Ha Lands At IKN, KPUPR Spokesperson: There Are Several Options

IKN (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - The Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board has stated that it will invest in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan. They intend to buy 100 hectares (ha) of land.

Responding to this, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Endra S. Atmawidjaja said PBNU could choose the land to use in IKN.

"It will be adjusted later or mixed used, right, it can also be done. He can choose where later if it is appropriate, there are several options, he can choose (the length)," Endra said when met by reporters at his office, Thursday, August 22.

Endra said that the government actually had a detailed spatial planning at IKN. Then, the plan was lowered to urban design guidelines (UDG). The ER, he said, functions as a roadmap as well as a reference for all investors who want to invest in the archipelago.

Therefore, Endra explained, PBNU's plan to build organizational facilities, education and health can be accommodated at IKN. However, PBNU must follow the ER.

"There (UGD) has explained the spatial functions, functions in the area. For example, what does PBNU need? Educational facilities, sports, what are they already. Just see where the spatial planning is. Right, we have to see the complete context," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the 100 hectares of land that will be purchased by PBNU, Endra said, there are 56 thousand ha of land available for use by investors at IKN.

"This means that from the availability of land there is," he added.

Previously, the General Chairperson of the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board Yahya Cholil Staquf and a number of administrators visited the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday, August 22.

Their arrival was known to discuss mining concessions to investment in IKN with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Gus Yahya, the nickname of the General Chair of PBNU, together with PBNU officials arrived at the Palace at around 10.20 WIB and a meeting with President Jokowi was scheduled for 10.30 WIB.

"We want to talk about mining concessions and investment in IKN later," he said.

Gus Yahya said that his party proposed a meeting with President Jokowi to discuss PBNU's plan to invest in IKN.

Although the investment value is not relatively large, Gus Yahya said PBNU would build religious facilities and education at IKN.

"Our plan is to invest, even though it's small in IKN later. Because we need to build an office there, build educational and religious facilities there," he said.