The Governor of South Sumatra Herman Deru praised the breakthroughs taken by the Mayor of Lubuklinggau SN Prana Putra Sohe in fighting for the welfare of the community, one of which was through the big event of the Ayo Ngelong program to Lubuklinggau 2023. This was conveyed by the number one person in the ranks of the South Sumatra Province when opening the coordination meeting (Rakor) of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) throughout South Sumatra. This event was held at the Dewinda Hotel Ballroom, Lubuklinggau City, on Tuesday (1/11/2022). "I appreciate the Lubuklinggau City Government under the leadership of the Mayor SN Prana Putra Sohe who has been willing and welcomed the participants of the Forkopimda Coordination Meeting throughout South Sumatra. On this occasion, I also ask that the coordination meeting participants can have a flexible dialogue with resource persons and record problems that occur in each region to be able to find a solution," said the Governor of South Sumatra. The man who is familiarly called Deru also asked the regents/mayors together with Forkopimda so that the results of the coordination meeting could be evaluated at the next coordination meeting. This is intended so that the welfare of the community can be realized. "It is also about food security that South Sumatra is one of the provinces that have excess food stocks compared to other provinces. It was asked to distribute it to provinces in need," said Deru.
On that occasion, the governor asked for a sharpening related to the South Sumatra Food Independent Movement program. Because this is a very effective technique that has been useful in the assessment when all regents/wako throughout Indonesia were gathered. "South Sumatra, including the provinces, has succeeded in controlling inflation," he said. On the sidelines of the agenda, Deru did not forget to give his appreciation for the Ayo Ngelong to Lubuklinggau 2023 program which was spearheaded by the Mayor of Lubuklinggau SN Prana Putra Sohe. Deru assessed that the Mayor of Lubuklinggau, who is familiarly called Kak Nanan, was very smart in trying to make the community's economy improve. One of them is by bringing many people to Lubuklinggau through the Ayo Ngelong to Lubuklinggau program. According to Deru, this activity is also to build leadership elements in the regions to formulate general government and make policies and resolve existing problems. In addition, he continued, it was also to stabilize the economy, development, food, community welfare, and in the context of the 2024 simultaneous regional elections later. “About the Ayo Ngelong program to Lubuklinggau, that is the intelligence of the mayor of Linggau (Lubuklinggau). With many activities in Linggau, the economic impact is also direct to the community. Souvenir sellers will automatically increase, hospitality, culinary, and so on will also increase," he explained. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Lubuklinggau SN Prana Putra Sohe expressed his gratitude to the Governor of South Sumatra for appointing Lubuklinggau City as the host of the coordination meeting. Moreover, this coordination meeting was held for the first time outside the city of Palembang. The Mayor of Lubuklinggau also asked the Governor, Pangdam, Kapolda, Kajati, Head of PTN, Head of PTA, and others to carry out provincial-level activities in Lubuklinggau City. Moreover, in 2023, continued Prana, Lubuklinggau City has launched the Ayo Ngelong program to Lubuklinggau or Visit Lubuklinggau. The launching of the program, said Prana, is because Lubuklinggau has its potential, such as hotels, culinary, tourism, and adequate transportation to carry out provincial, national, and even international scale activities.
