"Let me count all the certificates. The certificate is a legal land ownership proof owned by the public. I have asked the minister to accelerate the land certification program in all regions of Indonesia," the president said here on Wednesday.
Jokowi attended the land certificates distribution in Jayapura Head District Office of Gunung Merah Sentani during his working visit to Papua Province.
According to Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Sector Sofyan Djalil, 2,058 people attended the certificate distribution.
From 3,331 certificates that were distributed, 767 certificates were for Kerom District, 768 certificates were for Jayapura District, and 463 certificates were distributed to the people of Jayapura City.
Meanwhile, the government also distributed certificates to other districts, such as Sarmi, Biak Numfor, Merauke, Jayawijaya, Yapen Islands, Nabire, and Mimika.
The president also reminded people to maintain the condition of the certificates.
He also reminded the owners to calculate the payment when the people wanted to use the certificate as the collateral to a bank to gather venture capital.
During his speech, Jokowi also asked people to maintain peace and calm ahead of the head regional election in 2018 and the general election year in 2019.
In 2017, the government had distributed 70 thousand land certificates to the people of Papua.
The ministry targets to add another 20 thousand certificates in 2018.
Jokowi will conduct a working visit to Papua from April 11 to 13, 2018. He also plans to visit a remote area in Asmat District to observe the recovery efforts of malnutrition and measles cases in the area.
Reported by Desca Lidya Natalia
(Uu.B019/INE)
(UU.B019/A/KR-BSR/A/H-YH)
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Editor: Heru Purwanto
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