BGN Ensures Free Nutrition Eating Programs Are Evaluated Every Day

Free Nutrition Eating Program (MBG) at SD Barunawati II Palmerah, West Jakarta, Monday (6/1/2025). ANTARA/Risky Syukur

JAKARTA - Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana ensured that his party would evaluate the Free Nutrition Food program every day.

"Of course we will evaluate every day, as I said our target from January to April will cover three million beneficiaries," said Dadan as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 6.

Dadan also conveyed, as message from President Prabowo Subianto, the implementation of the Free Nutrition Food program will be given gradually to all beneficiaries.

"So it's just gradual, what is ready to be implemented, which is not ready to be carried out gradually," he said.

According to him, joint supervision is the focus of the National Nutrition Agency in overseeing the implementation of Free Nutrition Food in all regions in the country.

"Joint supervision and the smallest possible central procurement," said Dadan.

He also emphasized that his party will ensure that the procurement of the Free Nutrition Food program will remain under the control of the National Nutrition Agency.

It is known that the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) officially started the Free Nutrition Food Program as of today, Monday (6/1).

Meanwhile, the Head of the Legal and Public Relations Bureau (Humas) of BGN Lalu Muhammad Iwan Mahardan said the first priority was the provision of Free Nutrition Food in January 2025, namely to school students.

Head of the Presidential Communication Office Hasan Nasbi stated that his party hopes that the target of 937 MBG kitchens can be achieved by the end of January 2025, and by the end of 2025 with a target of 5,000 MBG kitchens capable of serving up to 20 million beneficiaries, ranging from PAUD-SMA level students, toddlers, pregnant women, to breastfeeding mothers.

A total of 190 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) or MBG Kitchens are ready to operate, spread across 26 provinces ranging from Aceh, Bali, West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Riau Islands, Riau, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Jakarta, Central Java, East Java, DI Yogyakarta, and Gorontalo.

Then, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Maluku, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, to West Papua and South Papua.