13 Companies in West Aceh Ready to Support Maganghub 2026 Programme
Meulaboh (ANTARA) - The Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) of West Aceh Regency has recorded that 13 local companies are ready to support the Maganghub 2026 programme, as an effort to make it easier for people to obtain employment opportunities.
“To date, 13 private companies and business entities in West Aceh have declared their willingness to open internship vacancies. This figure has risen sharply compared with the 2025 implementation, which was sluggish because participation was not yet mandatory for the business world,” said Aryo Brotoseno, Head of the Employment Division at Disnakertrans West Aceh, to ANTARA in Meulaboh on Thursday.
The companies that have confirmed their participation in absorbing local intern labour through the Maganghub 2026 platform in West Aceh Regency include PT Agro Sinergi Nusantara (PT ASN), Hotel Parkside Meuligoe, Hotel Portola Tiara, PT MTS and PT Agro Makmur Utama (PT AMM).
Also taking part are PT Sapta, PT Gading Bhakti, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan (BPjamsostek), BPJS Kesehatan, PT Mon Jambee 2, PT PFU, PT Mifa Bersaudara and PT Berkat Prima Lancar.
Aryo explained that in 2025 the internship programme fell short because there was no absolute obligation from the ministry for companies, so the regional government registered only five institutions.
“However, in 2026, after outreach through the media, inviting testimonials of success from pioneering companies, and writing directly to business players, the response has increased dramatically to 13 companies,” he said.
The registration deadline for corporations wishing to join the Maganghub ecosystem will close on 15 July 2026.
Aryo acknowledged that in the process of approaching corporations in the region, his office still frequently encountered various obstacles and rejections on technical grounds from management, such as office facility readiness, limited work tools, mine locations and confidential internal company policies.
Nevertheless, Disnakertrans West Aceh continues to emphasise that the programme’s impact on regional economic growth is substantial.
Through Maganghub 2026, participants will gain six months of real work experience in industry, relief from the burden of independently supporting their families through a living allowance, and official certification from the National Professional Certification Agency (BNSP) under the Ministry of Manpower. This also answers the classic complaint of the business world, which always requires work experience from new applicants.
“This is a genuine link-and-match concept. We have an abundance of graduates from local campuses such as UTU, STAIN and AKN, as well as Teuku Umar University in Meulaboh. This programme is the answer so that the target of absorbing 70 per cent local labour, as the Regent hopes, can be met together,” Aryo added.
The success of the internship programme is not mere rhetoric. Aryo cited the previous period at PT Agro Sinergi Nusantara (ASN), where of 14 interns sent in total, three participants have now been directly offered work contracts by the company after being judged to have shown outstanding performance and competence during their internships.
This proves that the Maganghub scheme is an effective gateway to employment for regional youth, even when companies were not initially opening formal vacancies.
Disnakertrans West Aceh urged all elements of the media and the public to continue monitoring, disseminating and making the most of this registration momentum before the deadline of 15 July 2026, in order to create a more productive and competitive employment ecosystem in West Aceh.