JAKARTA - The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has optimized the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) budget of Rp. 268 trillion and has not used the standby fund of Rp. 63 trillion to respond to the global crisis which has led the government to have to harmonize the budget.
"Responding to global phenomena, especially related to energy and its effects on the Indonesian economy, we are doing calculations so that we can contribute to addressing the existing crisis. Of course we must participate in the sense of crisis and we are doing things that make it possible to use the budget more efficiently," said Head of BGN Dadan Hindayana as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 17.
Dadan explained that the use of a budget of Rp268 trillion continues to be optimized so that it is effective and there is no abuse. In addition, BGN also reduces other activities that are not crucial.
"BGN has a budget ceiling of Rp. 268 trillion with a standby (standby) of Rp. 63 trillion, and the first step we are taking, we optimize Rp. 268 trillion and try not to count this standby, so we will optimize Rp. 268 trillion. Well, from the Rp. 268 trillion we get, we are also calculating how much we can use, after we calculate, we will implement it with several things that need to be done related to efficiency," he explained.
BGN also temporarily dismissed 62 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) that served Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) menus that were not in accordance with the budget during the month of Ramadan 1447 H.
"At least 62 SPPGs that we closed temporarily because they did not comply in providing menus, whether it was a minimalist menu or a menu that was not good, that is what we closed temporarily during Ramadan," he said.
Dadan said that the 62 SPPGs became a vocal minority or eventually became a discussion of netizens and went viral on social media so that BGN immediately stopped its operations.
"In fact, there are more than 25 thousand SPPGs that are running, but 62 are making the menu less appropriate and minimalist which makes it viral, so it's a vocal minority, right? 62 but make it viral, in fact, most of them are implementing it well. So, we want the 62 to be smaller and smaller, so that the reports that come out are the silent majority, so it has to be revealed (SPPG) that is good, there are many good ones," he said.
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