East Kalimantan Deputy Governor Hadi Mulyadi Hopes IKN Development Will Be Realized Soon

Deputy Governor of East Kalimantan Hadi Mulyadi. ANTARA/Arumanto

SAMARINDA - Deputy Governor of East Kalimantan, Hadi Mulyadi hopes that the working visit of Central Government officials to the Nusantara Capital (IKN) can have a positive impact on IKN development so that it can be realized quickly.

"We hope that President Joko Widodo's working visit with the Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives and a number of related ministers can have an impact on accelerating IKN development," said Hadi Mulyadi in Samarinda, Thursday, June 30.

President Jokowi's working visit accompanied by DPR Chairman Puan Maharani along with several related ministers, to IKN made Deputy Governor Hadi optimistic that the transfer of IKN to East Kalimantan would soon be realized.

"IKN development will have a significant impact on development progress from various sectors, even not only for East Kalimantan, Kalimantan Island, but in general also for Indonesia, so as to balance national development which is no longer Java-centric, but Indonesia-centric development," he said.

Hadi Mulyadi said the IKN development would later be carried out in stages, not all at once, even though it has provided evidence and the central government's commitment. Therefore, all parties must support the transfer of IKN in East Kalimantan.

"Besides that, we also ask the central government's attention to the East Kalimantan Province to be better, there or before the IKN," he said.

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, President Joko Widodo together with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani and related ministers, carried out a visit to East Kalimantan, to be precise, to review the Mentawir nursery center, to continue with the Semoi Sepaku Dam construction project, as well as to review the IKN Zero Point.