Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution Seriously Listens To Jokowi's Direction To Accelerate Economic Recovery

The Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution, took part in the Government Internal Supervision Rakornas led by President Jokowi virtually (Instagram bobbynst)

MEDAN - The Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution, attended the national coordination meeting of the Government's Internal Audit. This coordination meeting was chaired by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) virtually.

"In this meeting, the President conveyed about the acceleration of national economic recovery in which the government has prepared a number of funds to restore the national economy," said Bobby Nasution via Instagram account bobbynst, Thursday, May 27.

"These funds must be realized quickly so that the national economy can immediately revive. However, it is still supervised by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) in order to ensure the achievement of the main development targets in an accountable, effective and efficient manner, "he continued.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the National Coordination Meeting revealed that the speed at which ministries and institutions as well as local governments realized the budget were still not as expected. According to him, this will have an impact on the slow process of economic recovery from the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Until the end of the first quarter of 2021, said Jokowi, the realization of government spending was still low, namely around 15 percent for the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) and for the average regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) less than 7 percent.

Meanwhile, Jokowi continued, the absorption of PEN spending also experienced the same conditions as the APBN and APBD. Where only 10.19 percent of the budget ceiling of Rp. 699.46 trillion.

"The acceleration of the execution of the procurement of goods and services (PBJ) which is expected to occur in the first quarter has also not materialized. In the first quarter, only 10.98 percent realized PBJ for ministries and institutions and less than 5 percent for local governments," he said in 2021 National Coordination Meeting of Internal Control, Thursday, 27 May.

Therefore, Jokowi asked the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) and the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP) to immediately investigate the causes of the slow realization of the budget provided by the government.

Not only that, Jokowi also asked that the budget to be issued was right on target and maximized to move the wheels of the economy.