Intensifying the Acceleration of Papua’s Development, the Government Uses a Welfare Approach

Matrthinus Nare / Papuan students live in Jakarta

Sorong – The Government of the Republic of Indonesia uses a welfare approach to accelerate development in the Land of Papua. All these programs started rolling out this year.

It is not without reason why this year was chosen as the starting point for the incessant acceleration of development in Papua by the Indonesian Government by using welfare approaches in it. The reason is, this is because Papua means so much to this nation, so of course efforts to support them to progress must be carried out as soon as possible.

Head of the National Development Planning Agency, Suharso Monoarfa, said that there had been discussions regarding accelerating the development of Papua together with the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, K.H. Ma’ruf Amin at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta, where in the discussion the government emphasized that it would implement a welfare approach in Papua.

Another clear proof of how serious the government is is the regular and repeated visits by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo or the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma’ruf Amin, who in the near future will return to visit Papua directly in his capacity. as chairman in the implementation of the accelerated development program.

In its realization, the health approach for all indigenous Papuan communities is taking place in stages, acceleration of development is also occurring in various sectors such as education, health and other sectors. In fact, the presence of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia who is directly the Chair of the Steering Team for the Agency for the Acceleration of Special Autonomy Development for Papua (BP3OKP) is also the best step and a real form of state presence for Papua.

Talking about the program derivatives, the government carries out several training measures for the community as well as equal distribution of public services and equal distribution of welfare, especially in the new autonomous region which has just been formed thanks to regional expansion in Papua.

Regarding the government’s efforts to use a welfare approach in the program to accelerate Papua’s development, a religious figure from Papua, Pastor Alberth Yoku, gave his full support because according to him the main goal of the program was clearly to be able to bring progress even in all aspects of the Papuan people.

Including, in this program, the government has also really accommodated all the interests of indigenous communities, so that they can experience much more progress in prosperity, such as basic development and adequate health, as well as adequate transportation activities.

Likewise, Pastor M.P.A. Maury also revealed that now the government is trying to build the nation for the benefit and improvement of the welfare of all its people, so there is no need to reject the program.

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia is aggressively implementing the Papuan development acceleration program using a welfare approach. It focuses primarily on several important sectors, thus attracting a lot of support from local religious figures. [p-topic]