Jakarta, Feb. 5 -- Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Yandri Susanto urged village heads throughout Indonesia to adhere to the central government's guidelines regarding the utilization of this year's village funds.

He addressed Indonesian village heads during the dissemination of Village Minister's Regulation No. 2 of 2024 concerning the operational instructions for utilizing the 2025 village funds, as observed from his ministry's YouTube channel here on Wednesday.

"I would like to reiterate the need for obedience and compliance in utilizing the village funds," he remarked.

Susanto noted that the ministerial regulation specifies that village funds should be directed towards several priority initiatives, inclu...