Positive Youth Response Proves AMANAH’s Sports Program Generates Real Benefits

By : Ramzi Harli )*

The positive response from the youth proves that the Aceh Youth Creative Hub (AYCH) or Aneuk Muda Aceh Unggul dan Besar (AMANAH) sports program really produces many real benefits that the community can feel directly.

Indeed, AMANAH itself is one of the strategic flagship programs of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI), especially in the field of empowering interests and talents as well as potential and the quality of young people’s human resources (HR) in order to further develop in various sectors, one of which is sports.

Because it is the government’s strategic flagship program initiated by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), the continuation of this activity must really be able to bring real positive results and benefits to the local community, especially to the youth.

One of the efforts to explore the potential, interests and talents of students in the field of sports from Aneuk Muda Aceh Unggul dan Besar is by holding a Futsal and Basketball Tournament in the AMANAH Cup 2024.

In this event, there were dozens of teams from Senior High School (SMA) level from various regions in Aceh Province. According to the Deputy Chair of the Aceh Province All-Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi), Nawalul Faizin, the government’s strategic flagship program through the initiation of BIN is indeed very beneficial for young people.

It is evident that this sports tournament was very lively, which can be seen from the extraordinary enthusiasm of the participants, who were even willing to come directly from their respective regions.

For the positive value of the sporting event, the program supported by the institution led by Police General (Ret.) Prof. Dr. Budi Gunawan, will keep the entire young generation away from various activities that would be of little benefit to them, while also enabling young people to develop further in the field of sports.

Optimism from various parties continues to surround the success and positive response of students to the sports event that AMANAH is holding because it is able to make sports potential in the region grow.

Apart from that, the quality of local regional players will also become increasingly well honed, even allowing them to compete at higher levels such as national and international levels.

Furthermore, with the large sporting events that AMANAH holds at the student level, it can trigger the potential for regional sports to become even better and more developed.

The real positive side of this event is that it makes young people have good activities and avoid the possibility or risk of exposure to online gambling (judol) and the use of narcotics.

Meanwhile, the Head Coach of Opanindo FC, Aulia Aditama (28) said that she was very impressed with how smoothly it was implemented and the real positive impact that the BIN initiation program had.

The reason is, with the existence of AMANAH, all the potential of young people from the area nicknamed Rencong Country can grow further. With the futsal and basketball events, it turned out to be very successful in attracting the potential of Aceh’s young people.

Fatih Bilingual School Basketball Team Coach, Banda Aceh Muhammad Alba Jili revealed that the tournament created by AMANAH was truly able to hone all students’ abilities in the field of sports.

With the sports tournaments from the BIN initiation program, it really helps young people to develop further and discover many talented athletes. Because they are able to hold prestigious sporting events, it is not surprising why the enthusiasm of the people there is great.

Moreover, AMANAH also prepared prizes in the form of trophies and coaching money in quite large amounts, thereby increasing the students’ motivation to compete and develop.

The very positive response from the young people participating in the tournament proves that AMANAH’s sports program is able to produce very real and direct benefits for society, especially young people, to continue to develop in the field of sports.

)* The author is a Persada Institute contributor, lives in Aceh