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Govt could send 2024 civil servants to IKN, minister says
The bureaucratic reform minister has stated that some civil servants recruited this year could begin their new jobs in Nusantara, the nation's new capital under development in East Kalimantan, though he was unable to provide any figures pending proposed estimates from relevant institutions.
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Cranes and scaffolding stand on Dec. 7, 2023 at the site of the Core Governmental Area (KIPP) of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) development project in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan. (Antara/M Risyal Hidayat)
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ome of the fresh graduates entering the civil service in 2024 recruitment could begin their jobs immediately in Nusantara Capital City (IKN), Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas said on Monday.
The minister added that digital talents newly recruited to the civil service would be sent directly to work in the nation’s new capital, though he was unable to release any figures pending a proposal on the administrative workforce from the IKN Authority.
"We are still waiting [for the proposal]. We can announce how many while [other institutions] propose,” Azwar said, as quoted by Tempo.co.
“How many the IKN, local administrations and ministries propose [they need]. We cannot just send them” to the new capital, he said.
Azwar said the final figure would be based on the exact number of civil servants the regional administration, ministries and other institutions needed.
“Who knows, we could prepare for 690,000 positions but only 400,000 is necessary,” he said, adding that there would be tests and other requirements.
Earlier on Friday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the government planned to recruit 2.3 million civil servants this year, and that they would be prepared to face increasing technological disruptions.
