Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Sultan B. Najamuddin proposed that the zakat funds collected in Indonesia be used to finance the Free Nutrition Food Program (MBG). According to him, the huge potential of zakat funds can be a solution to support the sustainability of this program.

"How can we encourage the general public to be involved in this free nutritious eating program? One way is to use the zakat funds we have. With great zakat potential, the government does not need to work alone using a limited budget," said Sultan, Wednesday in his interest, Tuesday, January 14.

Sultan emphasized that the MBG Program financing cannot only depend on the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN). This is because the state budget has limitations and must still be allocated for various other priority programs. Therefore, the Sultan invites the public to actively participate, including through zakat funds.

"Under the administration of Pak Prabowo and Mas Gibran, we want this free nutritious eating program to run optimally. However, we know that the state budget cannot be completely allocated to this program alone," explained Sultan.

In addition, the Sultan highlighted the nature of the Indonesian people who are known to be generous and working together. According to him, this potential can be used to support strategic programs such as MBG.

Not only relying on domestic funds, the Sultan also revealed that he had asked for support from a number of ambassadors of friendly countries. One of the countries that has committed to supporting this program is Japan.

"This program is an executive strategic effort, but we in parliament want to ensure that the supervisory function runs optimally so that the free nutritious eating program is really carried out well. Not only from the state budget, but also from other sources that can be mobilized," concluded Sultan.


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