Jokowi inaugurates airport, monitors jabs

JAKARTA: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo left for North Maluku Province for a working visit Wednesday.

His first agenda, to inaugurate the Kuabang Airport terminal in North Halmahera Regency.

He was then slated to inspect the implementation of Covid-19 vaccinations at the Kao District Head Office, North Halmahera.

“After the review, the President and his entourage will return to Kuabang Airport to depart for Pattimura Airport, Ambon City, Maluku Province,” said the Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau (BPMI).

The President was expected to spend the night in Ambon City to continue a series of working visits to Maluku Province the next day.

Among President Jokowi’s entourage were State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir, Presidential Secretariat Head Heru Budi Hartono, the President’s Military Secretary TNI Young Marshal M. Tonny Harjono, Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres) commander Maj. Gen. Agus Subiyanto, and the Presidential Secretariat’s deputy for protocol, press, and media Bey Machmudin.