KSP to Investigate SPPG Units Still Receiving Rp 6 Million Incentive Despite Suspension
The Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP), Dudung Abdurachman, will investigate Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) that are still receiving incentives despite being temporarily halted. The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) had previously faced criticism for continuing to provide Rp 6 million per day to free nutritious meals (MBG) kitchens that were suspended.
According to Dudung, President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the KSP to thoroughly examine every issue in national priority programmes, including the MBG problems.
“I have already informed him; the President directed me, ‘Mr Dudung, please check it’,” Dudung said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday, 5 May 2026.
The KSP, he stated, will be transparent if it finds any deviations in Prabowo’s priority programmes. “Please pray for me. If I find any, I will immediately reveal it to the journalists. Just state who the perpetrators are, who is not acting correctly, because this is public money, the public must know,” he said.
BGN Head Dadan Hindayana previously stated that not all suspended SPPG units continue to receive the Rp 6 million daily incentive. The provision of incentives can continue depending on the cause of the suspension or the violations that occurred.
In the case of extraordinary incidents (KLB) such as poisoning, for example, the provision of incentives depends on the source of the problem. If poisoning occurs due to negligence by partners or foundations, such as inadequate kitchen facilities or failure to meet standards, then that SPPG is not entitled to the incentive.
The same applies if the poisoning case is triggered by non-fresh raw materials or errors by the partner as the raw material supplier. “Including if there are unhealthy practices such as supplier monopolies or price manipulation, they clearly cannot receive incentives,” Dadan said in a written statement on Wednesday, 29 April 2026.
Conversely, according to Dadan, the SPPG remains entitled to the incentive if the cause of the suspension stems from the kitchen implementation level. For example, kitchen workers not following standard operating procedures, such as cooking processes that are too hasty.
Dadan said the policy aligns with the technical guidelines for implementing the MBG programme. “In this case, errors assessed as operational in nature and still fixable without indications of systemic violations,” he said.
Furthermore, the IPB University lecturer assured that incentives will not be given if the SPPG is permanently stopped or temporarily frozen due to failure to meet readiness conditions. For instance, when major reconstruction or significant repairs occur that prevent the SPPG from functioning normally.