Public Lecture of Gorontalo Governor at Bogor Agricultural University
Bureaucracy is often considered complicated and have caused a long process that investors are reluctant to invest in our country, and this will hamper our national development and will stifle our investment competitiveness as well, addressed the Governor of Gorontalo, Dr. Ir. Gusnar Ismail, MM, in the public lecture held at the Auditorium Andi Hakim Nasution of Bogor Agricultural University, Darmaga Campus, Bogor, on 24 March 2011.
With reference to the article appeared at the business media, Dr. Gusnar stated that to start for a business in Indonesia, it should go through 11 (eleven) procedures over 76 (seventy six) days, whereas in Malaysia, it will take only 9 procedures and 13 days, in China 14 procedures and 40 days, and in Singapore it takes only 4 (four) procedures for 4 (four) days. Finally, according to the world bank group records in 2010, to launch a foreign investment in Indonesia it took 86 (eighty six) days.
The red tape does not only occur in central government but also in local government. Realizing that bureaucracy may hamper the development of Gorontalo province, then the provincial government has immediately reformed the bureaucratic structures of government, in investment and licencing processes which previously take a longer time will be simplified. The principle of Dr. Gusnar, though his local authority is poor in organization, but the result of the bureaucracy reform will perform better assignments.
In addition to develop their economic development of Gorontalo, Dr. Gusnar will develop this province by promoting its major commodity, corn. To achieve this program, the Governor will set up his provincial government bureaucrates, some posts will be designated for the graduates of Bogor Agricultrual University, "so if Gorontalo province fails, Bogor Agricultural University also fail," the joke he made for the audiences and was responded by laughters of the audiences who were mostly the academy communities.
Not only to increase their corn production, the Governor has also prepared channels to market their superior commodities. If the marketing of those native products is not well prepared, the abundant of corn productions as well as its prices will go down, that cause farmers lose their money.
Further, with regards to the graduates of Bogor Agricultural University, Prof Yonny Koesmaryono, appealed that they should go back to their hometown immedietly after they are graduated to assist their local authorities. "Especially Gorontalo which is now focusing its economic development in agriculture," said Prof.Yonny. (Wied).
