Strategic Location During Homecoming, KSP Moeldoko Asks For Rest Areas In Lampung To Be Flooded With MSME Products

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko during a coordination meeting ahead of going home (Photo Via ANTARA)

LAMPUNG - Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko asked the rest area to be filled with Lampung MSME products during the Eid homecoming moment. This is so that the local economy can be improved.

"Lampung as the gateway and also the tail end of Sumatra Island can bring advantages or disadvantages. However, during the homecoming period this time there needs to be added value for the regional economy and society," said Moeldoko during a coordination meeting on the homecoming flow in South Lampung, quoted from Antara. , Wednesday, April 27.

He explained, to get added value for the regional economy as well as the community at this time of homecoming, all rest areas on the Trans Sumatra Toll Road must be filled by various products of local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

"We have to take advantage of the toll road break area by filling it with local MSMEs, if the toll road is in Lampung then it is filled with products from here. So MSMEs also enjoy the blessings of going home, not just being spectators," he said.

According to Moeldoko, Lampung as a buffer area must maximize the economy by taking advantage of the homecoming moment.

"Transportation nodes must also promote the existence of local MSME products, so all are encouraged to the maximum so that the homecoming moment can improve the community's economy, one of which is MSME actors," he said.

Meanwhile, the use of the Lebaran homecoming moment to market local MSME products has been carried out by the manager of Lampung Radin Inten II Airport. Right in front of the departure waiting area, the airport manager has prepared a product bazaar filled with local Lampung SMEs.

"It has indeed been facilitated during this homecoming period, an area for MSMEs to market their products in the Radin Inten II Airport area," said EGM Radin Inten II Lampung Airport, Muhammad Syahril.

According to him, by facilitating MSME actors to sell in the airport area, it can help increase the income of surrounding MSME actors.

"When going home, there are usually many passengers who come and go, and sometimes they have difficulty finding souvenirs, so we facilitate it so that they can get souvenirs more easily, and MSMEs can sell their goods," he added.