Mayor Of Surabaya Whisnu Sakti Retired, This Is The Message And The Impression

Whisnu Sakti Buana will end his term as Mayor of Surabaya, on Wednesday, February 17. (Photo by Ist)

SURABAYA - Whisnu Sakti Buana will end his term as Mayor of Surabaya, on Wednesday, February 17. Whisnu also directly said goodbye to the Head of the Regional Apparatus Organization (OPD) and the Head of the Sub-District within the Surabaya City Government (Pemkot).

The farewell and farewell ceremony took place in the courtroom of the mayor on the second floor of the Surabaya City Hall, Tuesday, February 16. The moment seemed to be shrouded in emotion. Moreover, when Whisnu approached the officials and the State Civil Service (ASN) who were present one by one.

The first words that Whisnu uttered were gratitude and apology to all officials and ASN within the Surabaya City Government. According to him, during his six years of service at the Surabaya City Government, the performance of the entire staff was extraordinary.

"I am grateful to all ranks of OPD, ASN and non ASN in the Surabaya City Government who have done extraordinary work for Surabaya. I have my permission to say goodbye, I apologize too if I have been wrong, because whatever humans live there must be mistakes and sins," Whisnu said.

Whisnu admitted that he had gathered officials and sub-district heads because today was the last day he devoted himself to the Surabaya City Government. Because, tomorrow he must retire from duty.

However, the man who is familiarly called WS did not forget to advise all ranks within the Surabaya City Government to continue working to devote themselves to the citizens of the City of Heroes.

"I want to keep telling all OPDs that in the future they will continue to work with the intention of devoting themselves to the people of Surabaya," he ordered.

While serving at the Surabaya City Government, Whisnu admitted that his staff had worked very optimally and were extraordinary. This is also proven in the extraordinary implementation of handling COVID-19 and vaccinations in the City of Heroes.

"This morning, I received an award from the Coordinating Minister for PMK, which was handed over on our initiative to hold a conventional plasma donor in the city of Surabaya and today is the highest in Indonesia," he said.

To all ranks of the Surabaya City Forkopimda (Regional Leadership Communication Forum), Whisnu also expressed his gratitude for the cooperation that has been running so far. For him, Forkopimda Surabaya has worked tremendously to solve various problems in the City of Heroes.

"The entire ranks of Forkopimda Surabaya are extraordinary. We work hand in hand to solve the problems in the city of Surabaya," he said.

During his six years serving at the Surabaya City Government, Whisnu admitted to having his own impression. He assessed that Surabaya has transformed into a metropolitan city that is growing rapidly and is able to be equal to big cities around the world.

"I see that Surabaya is really racing, running to pursue extraordinary goals for the people of Surabaya. That's why we are no longer talking at the regional or national level, we are talking at the international level," said Whisnu.

Moreover, in the next two years, Surabaya City will become one of the venues for the U-20 World Cup. For Whisnu, this was an extraordinary event. He hopes that in this two-year gap, the preparations made by the Surabaya City Government can be even better.

"I predict that next month or April all preparations will be completed. We hope that this 2-year break can be even better and we as hosts will give an extraordinary impression," he said.

Although in the future Whisnu will no longer work in the Surabaya municipal government, he ensures that he will continue to devote himself to the citizens of the City of Heroes. Moreover, during his 6 years of service, he has received quite a lot of impressions and the meaning of life lessons.

"This means that this service will not end just because of my position. I will continue to serve the people of Surabaya, wherever I am and whatever my position is. This means that from the very beginning, I intended to serve people, for the people of Surabaya and the people of Indonesia," he said. .