The government is seriously evaluating and improving the governance of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to ensure it reaches its target audience, prioritizing the 3B group (pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers), as well as the 3T (underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost) areas.
President Prabowo Subianto emphasized the importance of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to address hunger and meet the nutritional needs of the community, especially children.
Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is committed to improving the governance of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to ensure it is free from corruption and maximizes the benefits of the budget, ensuring it truly reaches the public.
The Head of the Government Communications Agency (Bakom), Muhammad Qodari, stated that the government under President Prabowo Subianto will continue implementing the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program as it is a direct mandate from the people.
The Government Communications Agency (Bakom) stated that the school holidays will be used to do a comprehensive evaluation on Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG).
Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai emphasized that the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program is part of the state's efforts to fulfill the basic rights of the people.
Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan revealed that the number of Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) for the Free Nutritional Meal Program (MBG) in the frontier, outermost, and disadvantaged (3T) regions has increased from 2,000 to 8,617.
Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi stated that the target for improving the governance of the Free Nutritional Meals (MBG) Program is to be completed within one month.
Minister of Agriculture, Andi Amran Sulaiman, is encouraging increased consumption of eggs and chicken meat under the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program to three times per week.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that his office supports four steps taken by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to reorganize the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program, including preparing child health and nutrition experts from within the Ministry of Health.
The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) considers efforts to monitor the food safety of school snacks to be a crucial part of supporting the success of the Free Nutritious Meal Program (MBG) and creating a healthy generation towards 2045 Golden Indonesia.
President Prabowo Subianto warned partners of the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) to implement the Free Nutritional Meals (MBG) program properly and not to use it as a means of enriching certain individuals.
