Tak Ada Podium, Kursi Plastik pun No Problem bagi Mentan
Nothing Podium, Plastic Chairs was No Problem for Indonesian Agriculture Minister
KEMENTERIAN Pertanian RI menyerahkan bantuan 254 traktor tangan kepada kelompok tani di Provinsi Lampung, yang diserahkan langsung oleh Menteri Pertanian RI Amran Sulaiman di lapangan Kecamatan Pulau Panggung, Kabupaten Tanggamus pekan lalu (12/2).
Di bawah rintik gerimis hujan, Menteri Amran Sulaiman membuka sepatu dan melipat celananya hingga lutut lalu turun ke sawah mencoba langsung traktor tangan yang diserahkan kepada para petani. Gubernur Lampung, M Ridho Ficardo dan Bupati Tanggamus, Bambang Kurniawan meniru aksi menteri yang dikenal low profile meski menyandang jabatan sebagai menteri di kabinet Presiden RI Joko Widodo.
Sikap rendah hati Mentan ditunjukkan saat menyampaikan sambutan dengan berdiri di atas dua kursi plastik. "Tak ada podium, kursi plastik pun no problem bagi Mentan', karena tujuan utama sambutannya adalah membangkitkan semangat para petani untuk meningkatkan produksi pertanian.
"Bantuan traktor tangan ini adalah bukti dari janji Presiden Joko Widodo pada saat kunjungannya bulan lalu untuk mendukung para petani mencapai swasembada pangan," kata Amran Sulawesi, yang sebelumnya dikenal sebagai pengusaha ternama dari Sulawesi Selatan. (Foto2: Humas Kementerian Pertanian RI/Fajar Rahman & B2B/Mya)
INDONESIAN Agriculture Ministry donated 254 hand tractors to farmers' groups in Lampung province, which was given directly by Agriculture Minister, Amran Sulaiman in the field of Pulau Panggung sub-district, Tanggamus district on last week (2/12).
Under the drizzling rain, Mr Sulaiman open shoes and folded his pants to the knee and into the rice fields, tried to direct hand tractor. Lampung Governor, M Ridho Ficardo and Tanggamus Regent, Bambang Kurniawan also try to follow the action of minister are known low profile despite serving as a minister in President Joko Widodo administration.
The humble attitude shown again while his speech by standing on two plastic chairs. "Nothing podium, plastic chairs were no problem for minister," as the main goal is to evoke the spirit of the farmers to increase agricultural production.
"The hand tractors is proof of promise of President Joko Widodo when visited in Lampung last month to support farmers to achieve food self-sufficiency," Mr Sulaiman added, previously known as a famous businessman of South Sulawesi. (Pictures of Indonesian Agriculture Ministry PR/Fajar Rahman and B2B/Mya)
