Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution Receives Smart City Award

Mayor of Medan Bobby Nasution/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution received a smart city award in the "smart governance" category from the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) in Tangerang, Banten.

This award was handed over directly by the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Johnny G Plate at the "Movement Towards Smart City", Tuesday, December 14.

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics assesses that the Medan City Government has succeeded in implementing population administration services and the achievement of the preparation of the master plan and implementation of the smart city program.

After receiving the award, the Mayor of Medan Bobby Nasution admitted that the Medan City Government was developing an integrated service for the administration of an effective, efficient, transparent and accountable local government.

In addition to maximum public services, continued Bobby Nasution, the Medan City Government is also developing other smart city dimensions, including "smart economy", "smart branding" and "smart society".

"Later on, we hope that the smart city system in telecommunications development and digital literalization will have an impact on tourism recovery in the city of Medan," said Mayor Bobby Nasution.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G Plate, previously said that his party was encouraging the implementation and development of smart cities, which focused on six pillars.

The six pillars, explained Johnny, are "smart governance", "smart infrastructure", "smart economy", "smart living", "smart people" and "smart environment".

"The Movement Towards Smart City is a joint initiative between Kominfo and various elements to encourage smart city-based development in Indonesia," he said.