JAYAPURA - Papua Regional Secretary Yohanes Walilo represented the Acting Governor opening the TPID Coordination Meeting for Papua Province and City/Regencies throughout Papua at a hotel in Jayapura, Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

In his remarks, Papua Province is currently facing a surge in the price of goods and commodities caused by the increase of some food commodities price, such as tomatoes, which triggers inflation.

On this condition, Yohanes explained that the Papua Provincial Government is intensively making various efforts to overcome the inflation problem. One of the steps taken is to encourage and invite the community to be more active in farming by increasing local food production so it is expected to reduce prices and maintain food stability.

In addition, the Papua Provincial Government is also trying to strengthen coordination between related institutions to overcome inflation in Papua. Yohanes Walilo said that the availability of staples and affordability of prices as well as the smooth distribution and optimization of the budget in the related Regional Work Unit, together with the Papua Provincial TPID can produce superior products in each city district jointly and effectively to control inflation.

Yohanes Walilo also invited all Regency/City Regional Leaders to report their IPH and create a market monitoring system. "Let us make all forms of cooperation together in improving coordination and collaboration to realize food security and inflation control in Papua Province," said Yohanes Walilo.

Closing his remarks, Yohanes Walilo also emphasized the importance of the role of the community in overcoming inflation by inviting all levels of society to participate in government efforts, for example by utilizing vacant land to grow crops or buy local products.

It is known that Papua's inflation rate on a year-on-year basis in November 2024 against November 2023 is 1.55% and month-to-month inflation in November 2024 against October 2024 is 0.30%. Nationally, Papua is in the top 10 highest provinces in Indonesia with an inflation rate of 2.46%. ***