Complete Collaboration Prerequisite for IKN Nusantara
The success in developing Nusantara as the nation’s new capital city weighs not only on the government’s elites, but also on the nation as a whole, especially in mobilizing public participation.
President Joko Widodo (left) together with West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil pour soil and water into a pitcher symbolically for the construction of the National Capital of the Archipelago in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Monday (14/3/2022)..
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo held a series of activities at the zero-kilometer point of the site for the nation’s future Nusantara Capital City (IKN), marking it with a message on Indonesia's diversity and a call for the nation’s collective collaboration in order to achieve the goal. President Jokowi emphasized the importance of collaboration for the nation’s capital city relocation project to succeed. Collaboration is not limited to the elite level, but accommodative to public voices.
The President's activities began with the pooling of the soil and water brought in from all provinces across the country at the zero-kilometer site at Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, on Monday (14/3/2022). Procured from historical locations in each province, the soil and water were handed over by the governors or their representative to the President, starting with Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and ending with East Kalimantan Governor Isran Noor. The president then poured the soil and water into a copper jug called Kendi Nusantara.