TIMIKA [LINTASTIMOR.ID] –
“Ini langkah pertama yang sudah kita lakukan. Langkah ke depan, tahun depan, adalah pemberdayaan UMKM untuk orang asli Papua,” ujar Samuel Yogi, Pelaksana Tugas (Plt.) Kepala Dinas Koperasi dan UMKM Mimika, dengan nada tegas namun penuh optimisme, Jumat (12/9/2025).

Yogi menegaskan, pengelolaan Pinang, aksesoris, dan Noken kini telah dikembalikan kepada orang asli Papua (OAP). Bagi dirinya, noken dan aksesoris bukan sekadar komoditas dagang, melainkan jantung budaya Papua yang tak boleh tercerabut dari akar aslinya.

Kebijakan ini berlandaskan Perda Nomor 4 serta Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 4 Tahun 2004 tentang Pemberdayaan UMKM Orang Asli Papua. Regulasi tersebut menegaskan bahwa hasil alam dan produk budaya khas harus kembali dikuasai oleh masyarakat asli.

“Di dalamnya itu ada Pinang, aksesoris, kembalikan kepada OAP. Warga nusantara yang lain bisa jual yang lain,” jelas Yogi sambil menekankan pentingnya keadilan ekonomi berbasis identitas budaya.

Selain pelestarian budaya, langkah ini diharapkan mampu memberikan keunggulan kompetitif bagi UMKM OAP. Dengan dukungan regulasi, mereka dapat mengakses pasar lebih luas sekaligus meningkatkan pendapatan dan kesejahteraan masyarakat Papua.

Tak berhenti di sana, Yogi memastikan pihaknya akan melanjutkan program pelatihan, pendampingan, hingga akses permodalan bagi pelaku UMKM OAP.

“Pemerintah daerah akan terus hadir, memfasilitasi, dan mendampingi agar UMKM OAP tumbuh kuat, berdaya saing, dan membawa Papua menuju kesejahteraan,” tandasnya.

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Samuel Yogi Prioritizes Empowering Indigenous Papuan MSMEs: “Areca Nuts, Accessories, and Noken Must Return to OAP Hands”

TIMIKA [LINTASTIMOR.ID] –
“This is the first step we have taken. The next step, next year, is the empowerment of MSMEs for Indigenous Papuans,” declared Samuel Yogi, Acting Head of the Mimika Office of Cooperatives and MSMEs, with firm conviction during an event at Hotel Cenderawasih 66, Friday (September 12, 2025).

He emphasized that the management of areca nuts, accessories, and noken has now been returned to Indigenous Papuans (OAP). For Yogi, noken and traditional accessories are not merely market goods but cultural treasures that must remain rooted in their origin.

This policy is grounded in Regional Regulation No. 4 and Government Regulation No. 4 of 2004 on the Empowerment of Indigenous Papuan MSMEs, ensuring that natural resources and cultural products are restored to local control.

“It includes areca nuts and accessories—return them to OAP. Other Indonesians can sell other things,” Yogi explained, stressing the need for economic justice based on cultural identity.

Beyond preserving culture, this move is expected to strengthen the competitive edge of OAP-owned MSMEs. With regulatory support, they will be able to access wider markets, increase income, and enhance community welfare.

Yogi also committed to advancing programs such as training, mentoring, and access to financing for OAP entrepreneurs.

“The local government will always be present to facilitate and assist, so that OAP MSMEs grow stronger, more competitive, and lead Papua toward prosperity,” he concluded.

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Samuel Yogi i Putim Nambawan Long Strongim OAP MSME: “Buai, Bilas na Noken i Mas Go Bek Long Han Bilong OAP”

TIMIKA [LINTASTIMOR.ID] –
“Dispela em nambawan step mipela mekim pinis. Neks yia, mipela bai strongim olgeta MSME bilong ol tru Papua,” tokim Samuel Yogi, Acting Boss bilong Dinas Koperasi na MSME long Mimika, bihainim bung long Hotel Cenderawasih 66, Fraide (12 Septemba 2025).

Em tokaut klia olsem nau wok bisnis bilong buai, bilas na noken i mas go bek long han bilong ol tru Papua (OAP). Long tingting bilong em, noken na bilas em no samting nating tasol, em hap kastom na spirit bilong ol manmeri Papua.

Dispela polis i stap long Perda Namba 4 na Gavman Rul Namba 4 long 2004 long strongim OAP MSME. Ol dispela loa i tokaut olsem ol samting bilong graun na kastom i mas kamap bek long ol tru manmeri bilong dispela graun.

“Insait long dispela em buai, bilas—givim bek long OAP. Ol arapela manmeri bilong Indonesia i ken salim ol narapela samting,” Yogi tok moa.

Em tok, dispela bai no tasol lukautim kastom, tasol bai kirapim strong bilong bisnis bilong ol OAP na mekim ol i gat strong long maket.

Yogi tok moa olsem ofis bilong em bai go het long wokim trening, halivim na givim rot long kisim moni bilong ol smol bisnis OAP.

“Gavman bilong ples bai stap oltaim long helpim na wok wantaim, bai ol MSME bilong OAP i kamap strong, i save pait wantaim narapela, na mekim Papua i stap wantaim gutpela sindaun,” em tok pinis.