Tuesday, 01 December 2020
East Kalimantan Governor Nominated for 2017 Leadership Award
Governor of East Kalimantan Dr. H. Awang Faroek Ishakwas one of seven Governors who received the 2017 Leadership Award or 2017 Regional Leadership Award from the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs.
During his leadership, Governor Awang Faroek has formulated how to develop East Kalimantan in the future with the East Kalimantan Vision 2030. This means that he has planned what will happen after oil and gas and coal. Various infrastructure facilities continued to be built during his leadership, starting from the Balikpapan - Samarinda Toll Road, Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Balikpapan Airport and a number of international ports. Including information communication in border areas that are connected to cellular telephones.
Head of the Research and Development Center for Regional Autonomy, Politics and General Government of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Syabnikmat Nizam, said that apart from Governor Awang Faroek Ishak, there are six other provinces that will also be assessed, namely Governor of South Sumatra, West Sumatra, East Java, West Java, DI Yogyakarta and NTB.
