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NU plans to buy land, invest in future capital Nusantara
Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Yahya Staquf, who met with Jokowi while the protest was raging in the capital over the plan to amend the local election, said that in the initial stage, the organization would purchase at least 100 hectares of land in Nusantara where it would build a number of facilities.
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Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf talks to reporters during a press briefing on the results of the organization's central board plenary meeting in Jakarta on July 28, 2024. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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he leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) held a meeting with outgoing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday, during which the country's largest Muslim organization pledged to invest in the planned new capital Nusantara in the jungle of East Kalimantan.
Chairman of the NU, Yahya Staquf, who met with Jokowi while protests were raging in the capital over a plan to amend the Regional Elections Law, said that in the initial stage, the organization would purchase at least 100 hectares of land in Nusantara, on which it would build a number of facilities.
"I have told Pak President that, God willing, we will invest in the new capital. First, we will acquire 100 hectares of land," Yahya told reporters after the meeting.
The senior NU leader said the organization planned to build facilities for education, health and religious purposes.
Yahya said that Jokowi had given his blessing to the plan and had suggested several plots the NU could acquire in Nusantara.
The NU expects to invest between Rp 2 trillion (US$128 million) and Rp 3 trillion in a number of projects in Nusantara, Yahya said.
President Jokowi had planned for the $32-billion Nusantara megaproject in Kalimantan to officially become the country's political center on Aug. 17 this year, but construction delays and funding problems forced the President to defer signing a presidential decree sealing the move.
