Jakarta – Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana revealed the possibility that the target of 82.9 million recipients of Free Nutritious Meals (MBG), which was supposed to be at the end of this year, has been postponed to February 2025. Even so, he is still trying to reach this target by the end of this year. “We are trying (to reach the target by the end of 2025), no later than February,” Dadan said on Monday (10/20/2025) at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta. Dadan then revealed that there were disturbances in achieving this target. According to him, the disturbance was not only on the ground, but also in the air. However, he did not disclose the purpose of the disturbance. SCROLL TO CONTINUE CONTENT “But we are confident that we can still catch up, depending on the intensity of the disturbance that occurs, because now we are not only starting to be disturbed on land, we are also disturbed in the air,” he said. Dadan emphasized that the current disturbances can still be overcome. He said that so far the MBG system is still working according to the mechanism. “I said earlier there were disruptions, on land, right? There are things we have to deal with, emergencies and so on, including air. When our system is disrupted, authentication is automatically disrupted. So sometimes there are disruptions like this that we keep overcoming. But thank God, so far we can overcome it, we are on track,” he said. For your information, the target for MBG recipients to reach 82.9 million by the end of this year is often set by President Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo once said that this target must be met by November 2025. “I am grateful that more than 3 million free nutritious meals have been implemented and reported to me. Our target in November 2025 will be to reach all 82.9 million beneficiaries, children and pregnant women who will receive MBG every day,” Prabowo said in his remarks launch event at the PHTCcid 2020 National Day. SDN 05 Cimahpar, North Bogor, West Java, Friday (2/5) Then. Also watch the video “Prabowo Asks BGN Head to Provide spoons for MBG” here: (fca/eva)
BGN says target of 82.9 million MBG receivers supported, reveals land-air disruptions
