MBG Incentive of Rp6 Million Per Day to SPPG Could Be Stopped

The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) plans to stop providing a daily incentive of Rp6 million to Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) that do not deliver services to the public in accordance with procedures. This was affirmed by the Director of Nutrition Fulfilment Risk Management at BGN, Rufriyanto Maulana Yusuf. He explained that the incentive scheme in the Free Nutritious Meals Programme (MBG) not only provides financial protection for partner SPPG units but is also accompanied by strict control mechanisms. “The operational logic of this disciplinary mechanism is based on the highest supremacy of public spending budget (ABP), namely no service, no payment or no service, no pay,” as quoted from a written statement on Friday (3/4/2026). Rufriyanto elaborated that the no service, no pay control mechanism operates when SPPG facilities do not meet operational standards or are declared unfit for use. “The partner’s right to this Rp6 million incentive will immediately be forfeited if the SPPG facility is classified as operationally failed or unavailable for various reasons,” Rufriyanto emphasised. According to him, this mechanism serves as a punitive control tool to ensure partners consistently maintain optimal service quality and sanitation. “These quality defect parameters are applied strictly if, on a given day, the SPPG water filter is detected with E. coli, the wastewater flow is clogged flooding residential areas, the chiller machine fails causing meat to spoil, or it fails to obtain the Hygiene Sanitation Certificate (SLHS) from the Ministry of Health; then legally, that facility is declared to have unmet standby readiness, and the Rp6 million incentive is immediately suspended on that day,” Rufriyanto stated. Rufriyanto added that this provision encourages partners to diligently maintain facility quality every day, as all operational risks lie with the partners. Thus, food safety standards and environmental hygiene in the MBG Programme can be continuously upheld. Furthermore, he views this policy as part of the ongoing transformation in public governance. Although it still requires adjustments in various operational aspects, he stressed that the SPPG partnership scheme holds significant strategic value. “We need to realise that every major transformation in public governance is always a continuous improvement process. The MBG Programme through the SPPG partnership scheme may still need adjustments in various operational aspects, but denying its strategic value based on narrow prejudice would be an intellectual loss,” he said. He invited the public to view this policy objectively as an effort to shift capital expenditure burdens into long-term investments for the quality of life of future generations. “By examining this policy intelligently and beyond mere surface rhetoric, we will see that this instrument is not about one-sided gains, but about patriotic mutual cooperation to realise an independent and competitive national sovereignty,” he concluded.