MAIMUN Towapa, 53, wishes to apply for an ID card but this resident of Bululi village, Asparaga subdistrict, Gorontalo regency, province of Gorontalo, cannot afford it because it will cost him Rp100,000.

Actually the official cost of the ID card is only Rp10,000, but this has swollen because the distance between the Bululi village and Limboto—the capital of the Gorontalo regency where the Population and Civil Registration Office is 80 km away.