IKN Nusantara Still Being Built, Tents Set Up So Jokowi Can Stay With 5 Governors Tomorrow Monday

President Jokowi. (Instagram/jokowi)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will take the time to stay overnight at the National Capital (IKN) Nusantara in Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Monday, March 14.

But not at the hotel nor at the inn Jokowi will stay. The President will spend the night camping at the zero point of IKN Nusantara.

Not alone, the former governor of DKI Jakarta will be accompanied by 33 governors who are scheduled to attend the camp site.

"But only five governors are staying with the President, camping at the location of the zero point of IKN Nusantara," said Head of the Administrative Bureau for the Regional Secretariat of East Kalimantan Province, HM Syafranuddin, in Penajam, Saturday, March 12, quoted from Antara.

The governors who camped and stayed overnight with President Jokowi at the zero point of IKN Nusantara were the Governors of East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan (Kalbar), South Kalimantan (Kalsel), Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan), and the Governor of North Kalimantan (Kaltara).

During the camp activity, it is planned that President Jokowi will also carry out the Kendi Nusantara ritual with 33 governors throughout Indonesia.

The governors who attended were instructed to bring water and soil from their respective regions of origin, then put them together in the Nusantara Kendi which was stored at the zero point of the new Indonesian IKN called Nusantara.

East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor brought land and water from two regions, said HM Syafranuddin, namely from Kutai Kartanegara Regency and Paser Regency.

The location of the new Indonesian IKN is partly in the area of the Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate and part of the Paser Sultanate, the water and land are symbols representing the Sultanate in East Kalimantan Province.

"The ritual activities and the President's tent are Monday, March 14, President Jokowi is scheduled to arrive in Balikpapan, Sunday, March 13, or one day before the activity, and stay in Balikpapan first," he also said.

A number of facilities and infrastructure at the location where President Jokowi will camp have been prepared at the zero point of IKN Nusantara in Sepaku District, including MCK facilities (showering, washing, latrines), telecommunications networks, electricity, water and others.

"Tents and equipment that will be used by the President to stay overnight are also prepared, on the day of implementation it is 100 percent and can be used by the President and his entourage," said HM Syafranuddin.