Jayapura City Government says the economy is starting to improve after the COVID-19 pandemic

The Jayapura City Government, Papua Province, said the economy in the region began to run smoothly and improve after the COVID-19 pandemic began to slow down.

The Acting Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Jayapura City, Robby Kepas Awi, in Jayapura, Monday, said that this had a huge impact on the Regional Original Revenue (PAD) in the city of 'Port Numbay', where every month it reaches the target.

"So we hope this will continue so that the economy in Jayapura City continues to grow," said Robby Kepas Awi.

According to Robby, the current situation is very helpful for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Jayapura City in meeting the economic needs of the family.

"In addition, the Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) of the Jayapura City Government can work well with a smooth economy," he said.

Thus, his party hopes that there will be no more disturbances that can affect the wheels of the economy in Jayapura City, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"So that the activities of business actors can run smoothly and will automatically increase Jayapura City's PAD in the future," he said again.

He added that his party invited all MSMEs in the capital city of Papua Province to take advantage of the current situation to grow the family economy.

Previously, PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Papua or Bank Papua said that the condition of entering an endemic period marked by the easing of the use of masks was expected to accelerate the rate of economic growth in the Earth of Cendrawasih.

The Business Director of Bank Papua, Sadar Sebayang, told Antara in Jayapura, Sunday, that by easing community activities, the economic recovery could be gradual.
 
According to Sadar, with the COVID-19 condition that has started to improve throughout Indonesia, especially Papua, the economy will soon recover.

Based on data from Bank Indonesia, the Papuan economy in the fourth quarter of 2021 grew by 17.16 percent (yoy), higher than the national economic growth of 5.02 percent yoy).

This growth was also higher than the growth in the third quarter of 2021 which was recorded at 14.89 percent (yoy).

SOURCE : https://papua.antaranews.com/berita/686361/pemkot-jayapura-sebut-perekonomian-mulai-membaik-pascapandemi-covid-19