"Data accuracy continues to be an issue up until today. The impact is everywhere. For instance, there are inaccuracies and overlaps in the social aid data that are causing delays in the distribution, and some were not in accordance with the target. The same goes for the distribution of other government aids," President Jokowi remarked at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Thursday.
The president made the statement while opening the 2021 national coordination meeting for internal government surveillance in which Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Coordinating Minister for Economics Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of State Secretariat Pratikno, and Chief of Development and Finance Controller (BPKP) M. Yusuf Ateh participated alongside 2,223 other meeting’s attendees.
President Jokowi instructed the BPKP to follow the database synchronization between programs to increase data reliability.
"Utilize the forensic and analytic data laboratories that are available," he remarked.
Jokowi also drew attention to the importance of commitment and prudent management to ensure the effectiveness of internal control.
"All recommendations need to be followed up. Do not let it become mere recommendations. Tackle the root causes of the problems to ensure that they do not recur in future," he explained.
Jokowi believes mistakes were repeated through the years over non-compliance to recommendations from the BPKP and the government internal supervisory apparatuses (APIP).
"I would like to emphasize to the ministers, head of agencies, and regional heads to seriously follow the recommendations from the BPKP and APIP. Do not allow (problems) to prolong for too long for they will only grow bigger and can become legal issues," he cautioned.
The government’s internal supervisory apparatuses (APIP) was formed under Government Regulation number 60 in 2008 on the Government Internal Control System.
APIP is an organizational unit at the levels of the central government, regional government, ministries, and other institutions tasked with control duties encompassing audit, revisions, evaluations, surveillance, and other control measures on the function and tasks of organizations.
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