JAKARTA - Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Nanik Sudaryati Deyang said the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program will be focused on the lagging, leading, and outermost regions (3T), as well as pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers (3B) according to President Prabowo Subianto's instructions.
"Now we focus on 3T and especially for 3B. After we discuss with experts, the best nutritional intervention is when the first month of pregnancy starts until the age of nine or elementary school (SD). Well, we are now pursuing there," he said in a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, June 4, reported by ANTARA.
Therefore, continued Nanik, BGN has issued a circular to the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) which does not serve the target of MBG 3B will be suspended. Meanwhile, for the construction of SPPG in the 3T area, BGN will carry out several alternative implementation schemes so as not to burden the state budget.
"Yesterday we even issued a threat, SPPG must have 3B. If not, we will suspend it. Thank God, the results are good, in two weeks there are 22 million 3B recipients. The most important thing now is that we focus on the budget to focus there, so that the target is achieved," he said.
Nanik explained the reason for the involvement of the Deputy Head of BGN, Major General TNI Trenggono, namely for the development of the MBG Program in the 3T region, considering that in these regions territorial experts are needed.
"He has submitted a resignation process (from the TNI) and maybe in the near future he will retire. However, the process of his resignation has been carried out and has been going on since yesterday. Why is there a military? Later it will be related to the program in 3T, where we need territorial experts there," said Nanik.
After carrying out internal consolidation of BGN, Nanik stated that his party had prepared a work plan that focused on budget efficiency without reducing the target and quality of the MBG menu. The budget set for the MBG Program in 2026 is IDR 268 trillion.
"So, we will continue to carry out budget efficiency in various fields. In order to achieve budget efficiency, the first thing we do is refocusing the beneficiaries; second, a moratorium on new point kitchens; third, the renovation of kitchens that have stood and operated to meet standards to produce quality food, including improvements and training of human resources," he said.
Nanik emphasized that if the MBG kitchen is run in accordance with the standard operating procedures, then a suspension will be carried out.
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