By: Ramzi Harli)*
The positive responses of the youth proves that the Aceh Youth Creative Hub (AYCH) sporting program or the Young and Amazing Aceh Aneuk (AMANAH) really produces many real benefits that people can experience in person.
Indeed, AMANAH itself is one of the leading strategic programmes of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI), especially in the field of empowerment of interests and talents as well as the potential of the quality of human resources (HRM) of young people to thrive in various sectors, one of them is the sport.
Since it is a strategic programme of the government through the initiative of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), the continuity of such activities must truly be able to bring tangible positive results and benefits to local communities, especially to young people.
One attempt to dig the potential and interests and talents of the students in the field of sport from the Young Aneuk Aceh Ughgul and Great, is by holding a Futsal and Basketball tournament in the AMANAH Cup 2024.
At the time, there were as many as dozens of teams from the same level of Higher Secondary School (SMA) from different regions in the province of Aceh. According to the Vice-Chairman of the All Indonesia Basketball Association (Perbasi) Province of Aceh, Nawalul Faizin that the government’s strategic excellence program through the BIN initiative is indeed very beneficial for young people.
Proved, that at the time of the sporting tournament this time took place very solemnly, which is evident from how tremendous the enthusiasm of the participants, who even they are willing to come directly from their respective areas.
How the positive responses from the participants are one of so many concrete proofs that indeed the sports program of AMANAH can bring many benefits that the people can actually feel directly.
For the positive value of the sporting event, the program is to keep the entire young generation away from activities that would be less beneficial to them, while enabling the youth to develop more in the field of sport.
The optimism of the various parties continues to embrace the success and the positive response of the students to the AMANAH sporting event as it is able to make the potential of sports in the region growing.
Besides, the quality of the local players in the region will also be becoming more and more accurate even allowing them to compete at higher levels such as the national to the international level.
Furthermore, with the presence of a large sporting event that AMANAH performs at the student level, it can trigger the potential of sports in the area to become better and more developed again.
The real positive side of the event is to make young people have good activities and avoid the possibility or risk of exposure to online gambling (titles) to drug use.
Meanwhile, Opanindo FC Chief Coach Aulia Aditama (28) revealed that she was very impressed by how the implementation and smoothness as well as the real positive impact that the BIN initiation program carried out.
In fact, with the presence of AMANAH, then make all the potential of young people from the surrounding territory of the country Rencong can grow and develop. With the existence of futsal and basketball events it turned out to be very successful in gaeting potential of the young people of Aceh.
The sporting tournament through the Young Aneuk Aceh Unggul and Hebat is one of the strategic programmes of the President of RI Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in an effort to empower all the youth in the region of Serambi Mekkah.
For information, that the empowerment that the government is doing to the young people of Aceh itself focuses on many aspects, mainly to continue to promote regional excellence such as in the agriculture sector, farming, fishing, small and medium-sized enterprises (UMKM), creative economy industries, sports and social movements.
On the other hand, Coach of the Basketball Team Fatih Bilingual School, Banda Aceh Muhammad Alba Jili revealed that the idea tournament is truly able to sharpen the entire ability of the students in the field of sport.
It is not surprising that there is so much enthusiasm amongst the young people who have been able to perform the prestigious tournament of BIN initiation.
Furthermore, AMANAH also prepared prizes in the form of cups up to construction money in large amounts that increased the motivation of the students to compete and thrive.
There is a very positive response from the young participants to the tournament is indeed proof that the sports program of AMANAH can produce very real and direct benefits for the society, especially young people to continue to develop in the field of sport.
)* The author is a contributor to the Persada Institute, residing in Aceh
