PAPUA BARAT – The Government of the Republic of Indonesia continues to intensify the National Strategic Project (PSN), including in the easternmost region of Papua, with this it is clear that it will greatly benefit all the people of Cenderawasih Earth because it is also able to improve the welfare of residents while also opening up a lot of jobs that can be utilized by the indigenous Papuan people (OAP) themselves.
After more than 40 years of no fertilizer factory construction in Indonesia, and finally on November 24, 2023 PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) built a new factory located in Fakfak, West Papua. The construction officially began with the Groundbreaking (laying of the first stone) by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
President Director of PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) Rahmad Pribadi explained that the existence of a new factory in Cenderawasih Earth will clearly be able to further strengthen the fertilizer cluster, especially in the eastern region of the country, and it is known that the fertilizer plant in Fakfak is one of the National Strategic Projects (PSN) which continues to be intensified by the Government and has a vital role in maintaining national food security.
For its own capacity, the fertilizer plant in Fakfak is able to provide urea fertilizer up to 1.15 million tons per year and also as much as 825 thousand tons per year for ammonia. If this continues to run smoothly and the factory will be able to deliver the national fertilizer industry can even become the largest in the Asia Pacific region.
The source of gas supplied to carry out the project is taken from the agreed gas source, namely the Asap, Merah and Kido (AMK) Field located in Kasuri, West Papua. The existence of the project in the fertilizer cluster has indeed received very serious attention from the Government because it has a very large positive multiplier effect or impact on the community itself and it is not surprising that the potential contribution of the factory to domestic economic growth through the portion of the Domestic Component Level (TKDN) reaches up to 10 Trillion Rupiah, while for its contribution to state revenues it is estimated to be able to be at 20 Billion Rupiah per year and around 15 Billion Rupiah for local government revenues in Papua.
During the duration of development or the peak construction period, the fertilizer factory in Fakfak is also able to absorb up to 10 thousand new workers and as many as 400 people when the factory operates later, therefore, the presence of the National Strategic Project (PSN) is also one of the Government’s efforts to increase economic empowerment and community welfare in West Papua. The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Directorate General of Cipta Karya will also immediately begin the construction of two new National Strategic Projects in Manokwari Regency, West Papua and there are two activities that will be carried out by the Ministry of PUPR in 2023 to 2024, namely the construction of the Sanggeng Market and also the arrangement of the Borarsi Public Arena Area in Manokwari.
- Sanggeng Market itself is the oldest market in Manokwari Regency which has a land area of more than 27 thousand square meters, but the market had experienced a fire disaster in 2018, so in 2023 the Government reconstructed the building with a much more feasible and adequate governance to improve the people’s economy and Regional Original Income in Manokwari Papua. The construction of the market will use the concept of green building, which refers to the Pon Market in Trenggalek, then for the center of the market building will also be opened so that the flow of air circulation and light can enter properly.
- The Borarsi Public Arena area, is an open area that will be organized into a representative public space as a place for family recreation, as well as a place to develop socio-cultural economy, religious places, and also a place for sports for the people in Manokwari and its surroundings.
In the Sanggeng Market area and the Borarsi Public Arena Area, a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) center will be built and also in the middle there will be a kind of hall or field, while to the right and left it can be used as other community activities.
With the development of the National Strategic Project carried out in Bumi Cenderawasih, it is able to further improve the welfare of the people in Papua itself and benefit Indigenous Papuans (OAP).