To ensure good accountability, I believe that we must be close with the BPKP
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Transportation along with the Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), here on Wednesday, inked a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to bolster financial and development accountability in the ministry's environment.

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumiadi underscored the importance of BPKP's role in providing assistance and monitoring to the ministry over several transportation infrastructure activities and projects.

"To ensure good accountability, I believe that we must be close with the BPKP. In fact, we thank them for their assessment of various works," he noted while giving his remarks at the event.

The minister expects that in future, the BPKP would provide considerations and suggestions for several projects that the ministry was working on.

One of the goals of assistance by the BPKP is to maximize the potential Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) in the transportation sector.

Synergy with BPKP aims to bolster monitoring in transportation in accordance with the ministry's mission.

Meanwhile, Head of BPKP Muhammad Yusuf Ateh noted that the agency is ready to assist the ministry in implementing its priority programs, so that they can proceed effectively, efficiently, and in accountable manner.

"We are certainly ready to assist in the efforts to intensify non-state budget creative funding and determine the priority scale for national transportation infrastructure development," he remarked.

He lauded the ministry that had involved BPKP in the mission to develop connectivity between regions in Indonesia, so it can continue amid the state's financial and fiscal limitations.

He expects that the coordination with BPKP can have a positive impact, so that the ministry's accountability and performance report management can be accountable.

"In addition to technical problems, we support the development and improvement of the ministry's human resources through various (forms of) guidance to bolster capability," Ateh remarked.

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