Minister AHY Distributes Land Certificates In Surabaya
Minister Of ATR/BPN Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono/ANTARA/Indra Setiawan

SURABAYA - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) distributed land certificates to the Nashurlloh Mosque in Medokan Semampir, Sukolilo, Surabaya.

"Tonight I can directly visit Sukolilo Surabaya. Alhamdulillah, the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Regional Office of East Java, ATR/BPN, can directly hand over the land certificate for the mosque waqf and also ten other land certificates used for prayer rooms, education and health," he said after handing over the certificate at the Nashurlloh Mosque in Medokan Semampir, Sukolilo, Surabaya, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, March 15.

With a waqf land certificate, it will provide certainty of land rights, including to the manager of mosque foundations, houses of worship and also health services for the welfare of the surrounding community.

"I want to convey to the public that the Ministry of ATR BPN has a Regional Office, there are district cities, land offices are ready to help manage waqf land certificates for free," he said.

AHY explained that efforts to provide waqf land certificates continue to be carried out from time to time optimally and a sustainable acceleration is carried out.

"One of them is through a complete systematic land registration program (PTSL) which is very useful for the community in order to obtain legal certainty and have economic value," he said.

He also promised to eradicate the land mafia as one of the programs when he has served as Minister of ATR/BPN for three weeks.

"There are many public complaints about the land mafia and must firmly eradicate the land mafia against the law. Face it firmly according to the rule of law to prevent people from being harmed," he said.

Do not let, he said, the land at the price of the only community is claimed and evicted so that residents have to lose their homes.

"I make sure that small communities deal with anyone, including the land mafia, we will defend and convince them to get their rights," he said.

Before making his visit to Sukolilo, he also held a meeting with the academic community at Airlangga University.


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