President Prabowo Subianto targets the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program to reach 20 million beneficiaries before the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 2025.
Speaking in front of the general chairmen of political parties and state officials at the commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the National Awakening Party (PKB) in Jakarta, Wednesday evening, July 23, Prabowo revealed that so far the MBG program has reached around 6.7 million recipients.
"The plan is that by the end of August we will reach 20 million beneficiaries, but I ask how it can be accelerated. They reported it to me, most likely it could be before August 17th," Prabowo said.
Despite encouraging acceleration, the President reminded the importance of maintaining standard program implementation, starting from the quality of training for kitchen administrators to administrative and financial management.
The kitchen administrators must receive good training, administrative and financial staff must also understand how to manage the budget. It all takes time," he said.
Furthermore, Prabowo expressed optimism that the national target of the MBG program of 82.9 million beneficiaries could be achieved by the end of 2025.
"They reported it to me, God willing, before August 17 we can reach 20 million, and after that the number will continue to rise. We pray that in December this year we can reach 82.9 million recipients," he said.
The President also said that the MBG Indonesia program attracted the attention of other countries. In fact, a number of foreign leaders expressed interest in studying the model for implementing the program.
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When I went abroad, many asked questions and wanted to send a team to Indonesia to study. The former President of Brazil told me that it took them 11 years to reach 40 million beneficiaries. We are in Indonesia, God willing, we can reach 82.9 million in just one year, "said Prabowo.
The president Prabowo is referring to is Dilma Rousseff, the former President of Brazil. In that country, a nutritious feeding program for school children is known as PNAE (Programa Nacional de Alimenta totaling Escolar), which has been running since 1955. Currently, the program reaches 40 million students in more than 155,000 public schools with an annual budget of around 5.5 billion Brazilian reals or Rp. 16.3 trillion.
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