Lhokseumawe (Reuters) - Sulaiman Abubakar (43) along with dozens of former combatants Free Aceh Movement (GAM) managed to build a palm oil plantation area of ​​1325 hectares of the planned target of about 6,000 hectares during the four years since 2008.

"This is a palm plantation we started planting since 2008 under a private grant Aceh governor Yusuf," he said in the Village Peurupoek, Paya Bakong subdistrict, North Aceh Regency, on Wednesday afternoon.

Mentioned, that partial palm plantation begins to bear fruit is 35 percent initial ownership are former combatants, 15 percent poor, 15 percent of the orphans, 15 percent of the victims of conflict and five percent of the population around the plantation.

"We established a cooperative as a container berhimpunnya of former combatants. This cooperative Batee `which means` Sharpening stone will be sharp if often sharpened, "he explains.

Sulaiman Abubakar who nicknamed Teungku Abee explained, the initial stage governor received help from Rp2, 5 billion is collected from various sources.

"From the limited funds that we keep the roads, bridges, land clearing up to planting seeds," he explained.
In the opening of oil palm plantation in addition to hiring people and former combatants, workers outside Aceh also brought friends from the North Sumatra, Tengku Abee said.

"Security conditions in Aceh with the case involving the shooting of workers outside Aceh, then I do not want to risk so much of my sent home to their hometown for a while," he said.

Meanwhile, Aceh Governor Yusuf explained that it has helped the opening of oil palm land in the four areas that most of the run of former combatants.

However, he said, of the four regions were most successful in Paya Bakong subdistrict, North Aceh. Although less successful in other locations, but optimistic in the future will provide great benefit to the economic empowerment of the community.

Explained, a program providing palm oil plantation to returnees had been digagasnya since the signing of the MoU in Helsinki, August 15, 2005 to end the armed conflict in Aceh.

"Need I explain, I put oil palm plantations assistance program to returnees who are the responsibility of the Central Government, but the program was eliminated GAM leaders. Then, it is proposed to be replaced by a program grant of Rp 25 million / returnees, "he said.

According to the governor, if the oil palm plantation program assistance to former combatants succeeded the strategic optimistic for former combatants of the empowerment program.

"If each receive two hectares of oil palm plantations, it will be equally optimistic and all ex-combatants are able to empower themselves economically," said Yusuf. (A042/Z002)

Sources : wartadunia.com
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