Jakarta, March 22 -- President Prabowo Subianto has urged each Indonesian citizen to open a bank account to support financial inclusion efforts.

According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, currently, around 80 percent of the Indonesian population has access to banking services.

"The number in several regions is good, except, for example, in North Maluku. In the future, we will encourage more people to have bank accounts so they can benefit from their accounts as well as learn the risks of investment," he said in a statement released on Saturday.

As part of the plan, the government has formed the National Council for Inclusive Finance (DNKI), which is chaired directly by the President.

In addition, stat...