JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan was appointed as the head of the coordination team for the implementation of the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program. This team will hold a meeting every day to oversee the program.
"We will form a daily executive tomorrow. So here every day we will monitor the implementation of this MBG," he said at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 28.
Zulhas, as he is familiarly called, said the team would monitor several aspects. Among them are the target recipients of MBG as many as 82.9 million people.
"If it hasn't reached 82.9 million, why? If there is a problem where? Short words will be daily, we will continue to evaluate so that the most important program in our government can be implemented properly," he explained.
For your information, currently MBG has reached 39.2 million recipients who are met through 13,347 nutritional fulfillment service units (SPPG) or the MBG kitchen.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto formed the Coordination Team for the Implementation of the Free Nutrition Food Program (MBG), and appointed the Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan as chairman.
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"Earlier we discussed, now this must be perfect. The government continues to carry out improvements so that there are no more problems. So the coordination team was first formed, I was asked (to serve) the team leader," said Zulkifli Hasan after a meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 28.
Furthermore, Zulhas explained, there were three Presidential Decrees (Keppres) that were signed. First, regarding the Coordination Team for the Implementation of the MBG Program, which was headed by Zulkifli Hasan. Second, the Presidential Decree regarding Managing the Implementation of the MBG Program.
Third, Presidential Decree on Organizational and Work Procedure Structures or National Nutrition Agency Institutions. One Presidential Decree still needs to be reunited.
"The coordination team has, the management has been done, it's just an organizational structure. Because there is a need for one addition or not, it's being closed, next week we will finish it," said Zulhas.
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