Tempo.Co, Petir Garda B, Jakarta – Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had ordered state civil servants (ASN) to move to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) by January 2025. Following upon the directive, Anas said his ministry would immediately schedule the departure and other preparations, including incentives for the ASN.
"Last night I received an order from the President through Mr. Pratikno asking that ASN be relocated to IKN in January," Anas said at the Gebyar Pelayanan Prima event in Jakarta on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
The relocation of ASN to IKN was supposed to take place in September 2024. However, until the beginning of October, the process had not started out.
Anas said the president also asked that the ecosystem preparation be finalized, and that the Minister of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) said that everything was completed.
Delays and reschedule
Last week, Minister of National Development Planning and Head of Bappenas Suharso Monoarfa said that the transfer of ASN to IKN was behind schedule. Therefore, he said, a rescheduling scenario for the transfer of ASN to IKN will be carried out starting this month or next month, November 2024.
Speaking at the Vice Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Friday, October 4, Suharso said that the priority of the IKN authority is to ensure that all facilities for ASN are met, such as hospitals, schools for their children, and other utilities and services.