Reflecting On Riau, The Vice President Attends The Day Of Asri Nusantara Village

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin when he was leaving for Pekanbaru, Riau, from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, Sunday (19/3/2023). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin left for Pekanbaru, Riau, Sunday, to attend Asri Nusantara Village Day initiated by the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions.

Quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, March 19, the Vice President departed from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base using the Boeing 737-400 Air Force Presidential Aircraft at 16.00 WIB.

The vice president is expected to arrive in Pekanbaru at 17.40 WIB and will be welcomed by Riau Governor Syamsuar and the ranks of the Riau Province Forkopimda.

Furthermore, the Vice President and his entourage headed to The Premiere Hotel Pekanbaru by car and were greeted by Acting Mayor Pekanbaru Muflihun.

The next day, Monday, March 20, the Vice President will attend the commemoration of Asri Nusantara Village Day at the Makmur Village Football Field, Pangkalan Kerinci District, Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province.

At this event the Vice President will be accompanied by the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Villages and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar, Riau Governor, and Pelalawan Regent Zukri.

For information, Asri Nusantara Village Day is a day set by the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Villages and Transmigration to remind the public about the importance of the ASRI village environment (Safe, Healthy, Rindang, Beautiful).

To realize ASRI villages, efforts are made to preserve nature, especially trees, which have many functions including climatological functions, hydrological functions, ecological functions, and erological functions.

In addition to giving remarks and directions, in this series of events on the Asri Nusantara Village Day, the Vice President will also receive an explanation of "Gifts of Oxygen" and carry out tree planting symbolically and simultaneously followed by all villages throughout Indonesia which are carried out online.

This tree planting movement is expected to be a momentum for rural communities to pay attention to the surrounding environment and maintain their authenticity, as well as become a concrete step for villages to create a better and more sustainable world. This tree planting movement is carried out with a target of 8 million trees throughout Indonesia.

The success of this activity will be seen in the long term when the trees planted continue to be cared for and grow for a green and beautiful future. Through the tree planting movement, it is hoped that villages can make a contribution in greening the world.

The vice president is scheduled to return to Jakarta on the same day at 13.00 WIB.

Also accompanying the Vice President on this working visit, the wife of Vice President Wury Ma'ruf Amin, Head of the Secretariat of Vice President Ahmad Erani Yustika, Deputy for Economic Policy Support and Increasing Competitiveness Guntur Iman Nefianto, Deputy for Administration Sapto Harjono Wahjoe Sedjati, and Special Staff of the Vice President Masduki Baidlowi, Mohamad Nasir, M. Imam Azis, and Arif Rahmansyah Marbun.