Alissa Wahid Supports MBG If For Social Welfare

JAKARTA - The Free Nutrition Food Program (MBG) is assessed by the daughter of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), Alissa Qotrunnada Munawaroh Wahid as the right program if the main goal of this program is to improve social welfare. "In fact, if we look at the program in several countries, it is indeed a populist program or to win the hearts of the people alone, according to him, the program will not touch its true purpose, namely the welfare of the community. Even so, he continued, if the main purpose of the program is to improve the welfare of the community, it is certain that program will be carried out effectively and on target. "Is its implementation later indeed orientation to the children or on other aspects? That must be seen later, "explained the National Coordinator of the Gusdurian Network. In addition, precisely or not, the program can be seen from the effectiveness of the government in using the budget for MBG.

"Is the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) used wisely for this MBG? Or like past period experiences related to IKN development when we heard from various ministries/agencies that many programs had to be minimized because the budget was used for IKN," he explained, quoted from ANTARA. At this time, Alissa herself has not been able to determine the effectiveness of the MBG program because it has only been going on for a long time. Alissa hopes that the program can really be useful for the good of the community.