Ekonomi Papua Diharapkan Tumbuh Pesat Usai PON

JAYAPURA – Pelaksanaan Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) XX Papua, tinggal menghitung hari. Pemerintah Provinsi Papua pun mengharapkan ada efek positif di segala lini yang tercipta usai pelaksanaan event nasional tersebut.

Tak terkecuali tumbuh pesatnya perekonomian Papua lewat “kelahiran” Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah (UMKM) disaat pelaksanaan PON, yang kemudian bertahan dan kian berkembang di masa mendatang.

Hal ini disampaikan Asisten Bidang Perekonomian dan Kesejahteraan Rakyat Setda Provinsi Papua Muhammad Musaad di Jayapura, Kamis.

Ia katakan, saat ini saja sudah mulai “menjamur” jualan kopi secara mobile di pinggir jalan oleh para kawula muda. Bahkan cita rasanya pun tak kalah jauh dengan kopi yang dibuat di hotel maupun cafe terkenal.

“Dengan begitu kita harap semakin banyak lagi generasi muda yang memiliki pilihan hidup untuk menjadi wirausaha muda”.

“Sebab UMKM merupakan lapangan kerja sama yang luas dan terbuka bagi siapa saja jika mereka mau berusaha,” katanya

Masih menurut Musa’ad, sesuai dengan visi gubernur, yakni kebangkitan, kemandirian dan kesejahteraan Papua, maka sudah saatnya pada momentum PON, UMKM bumi cenderawasih sudah harus bangkit dan mandiri di negerinya sendiri.

“Namun hal ini tentu perlu peran serta dari masyarakat pelaku usaha itu sendiri. Karena tidak bisa hanya pemerintah yang mendorong. Namun perlu keinginan yang kuat dari pelaku usaha itu sendiri untuk mengembangkan usahanya,” kata dia. ***

JAYAPURA – Implementation of National Sports Week XX Papua, just counting the days. The Papua Provincial Government also expects positive effects on all fronts created after the implementation of the national event.

Not least the rapid growth of the Papua economy through the "birth" of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the implementation of National Sports Week, which then survived and continued to grow in the future.

This was conveyed by Assistant for Economic Affairs and People's Welfare of Papua Province Muhammad Musaad in Jayapura on Thursday.

He said, now mobile coffee sales on the roadside by young people have started to spread. Even the taste is not much less than coffee made in famous hotels and cafes.

"That way we hope that more young people have the choice to become young entrepreneurs."

"Because MSMEs are a wide cooperation field and open to anyone if they want to try," he said.

Still, according to Musa'ad, in accordance with the vision of the governor, namely the revival, independence and welfare of Papua, then it is time for National Sports Week momentum, MSMEs in Papua have to rise and be independent in their own country.

"But this certainly needs the participation of the business community because it can't just be the government pushing. But it takes a strong desire from the businessmen to develop their business," he said. ***