DPR Backs Sudaryono's Appointment to Reform Free Nutritious Meal Programme Governance
“I see the public responding positively to Sudaryono’s appointment, including us in Commission IX of the House of Representatives as the National Nutrition Agency’s partner,” said Muazzim in Mataram on Friday.
Mataram (ANTARA) — Muazzim Akbar, a member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR RI), has backed Sudaryono’s appointment as Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to improve the governance of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Programme.
According to him, Sudaryono’s experience as Deputy Minister of Agriculture is an added value because the implementation of the MBG programme is closely linked to the provision of food raw materials.
He is confident that Sudaryono is capable of fixing various problems at the BGN, including resolving issues related to Nutrition Service Fulfilment Unit (SPPG) partners within the next one to two months.
Muazzim explained that the temporary suspension, or moratorium, on the construction or addition of new SPPG kitchens was carried out to improve SPPG governance and the MBG programme, so partners need not worry.
“The moratorium is not a closure, but an improvement to make things better,” he said.
According to Muazzim, SPPGs willing to meet the requirements will be retained, while those that fail to make improvements risk having their operations halted.
In addition, the verification results also found around 13,000 kitchens that have been built but are not yet operating and are still undergoing assessment.
“So it is impossible for the government to want to harm its people. If they have already been built, it is also impossible to close them down entirely,” he said.
Earlier, President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated Sudaryono as Head of the BGN at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday (22/7).
Sudaryono was inaugurated based on Presidential Decree Number 78/P of 2026 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of the Head of the BGN, issued by President Prabowo Subianto on 22 July 2026.