PALU - Expert Staff for the Governor of Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) M Ridha Saleh assessed that the internet is the main element in accelerating development in a village. Villages that have qualified internet can also be called digital villages.
"If you want to accelerate development in rural areas now, there is no other choice but the village must be digital. Internet access must be available in the village," he said in Palu, quoted from Antara, Thursday, May 19 evening.
He stated that a village is called a digital village if the community and government officials in the village have carried out various activities using the internet and digital devices connected to the Internet.
Especially utilizing the existence of the internet and digital devices connected to the internet to improve living standards and improve development in the village because that way the community can communicate with people outside without having to leave the village by promoting the potential of existing resources in the village to for sale.
"The trick is to provide internet access in the village so that residents in the village can communicate with outsiders to promote the potential of their village," he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Central Sulawesi Community and Village Empowerment Service (PMD) Mohamad Nadir said that currently there are 942 villages spread across all regions in Central Sulawesi that already have internet access.
"Out of a total of 1,842 villages in Central Sulawesi, 942 villages already have internet access. While 850 villages do not yet have internet access," he said.
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