JAKARTA - West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Governor Lalu Muhammad Iqbal reiterated his commitment to carry out a comprehensive reform of regional asset management, ranging from the implementation of asset grant moratorium to the transfer of official vehicles to an electric car rental system.
"Starting January 1, God willing, we have rented electric cars. The core business or core business of the Regional Government is not taking care of cars, but public services," he said after receiving the 2025 Semester II Audit Report (LHP) from the BPK Representative of NTB. quoted by Antara.
Iqbal welcomed the results of the BPK audit and considered the audit as an important momentum to improve government governance. He also emphasized that he was open to criticism and findings.
"Alhamdulillah, I'm a strange person. I'm a very happy person when I'm audited. Whatever the hole is opened, we are happy, because it is impossible for us to change if we are judged that we say we are good," said Iqbal.
One of the governor's main highlights is the inefficiency of managing movable assets, especially government vehicles, which he considers has the potential to cause waste and moral hazard.
"Previously, our expenditure for vehicle maintenance was around Rp19 billion per year. What happened was moral hazard," he said.
Therefore, as a corrective step, he ensured that starting January 1, 2026, the NTB Provincial Government (Pemprov) will switch from the vehicle ownership system to a rental mechanism, with priority for the use of electric cars.
In addition, the NTB Governor also decided to impose a moratorium on grants for land and building assets owned by local governments. This policy was taken to prevent the uncontrolled reduction of regional assets.
"We have a moratorium on grants. If there is a foundation that needs it, please borrow. But the contract is clear. Don't transfer it to ownership through the grant mechanism, that's what we prevent," said Iqbal.
In the field of digital transformation, he highlighted the weakness of system integration between regional devices due to the lack of an integrated digital architecture.
The Governor also provided structural notes related to the management of regional assets. He assessed that asset management should no longer be under BPKAD which is oriented towards expenditure, but under Bapenda or a separate body which is oriented towards optimizing regional revenue.
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