National Nutrition Agency Director Enlists Attorney General to Oversee Rp 335 Trillion Free Nutritious Meal Programme Budget
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has established a collaborative relationship with the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) to strengthen oversight of budget usage for the Free Nutritious Meal Programme (MBG). The MBG budget allocation for 2026 stands at Rp 335 trillion.
BGN Head Dadan Hindayana met with Attorney General ST Burhanuddin and the Prosecutorial Intelligence Division (Jamintel) at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Tuesday, 17 March to discuss strengthening this cooperation.
Dadan explained that 93 per cent of BGN’s budget for MBG implementation is channelled directly to 25,570 Nutrition Service Delivery Units (SPPG) throughout Indonesia.
The use of this budget requires strict oversight to ensure it is genuinely optimised for meeting the nutritional needs of schoolchildren, pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants and the elderly.
“Today I was received by the Attorney General, Mr Burhanuddin, to discuss two matters. Firstly, we want to enhance the oversight component, particularly for the implementation of MBG in the regions,” Dadan said during a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Tuesday, 17 March 2026.
BGN already has a Deputy for Monitoring and Oversight to supervise MBG programme implementation. The Financial and Development Supervisory Board (BPKP) has also been engaged to audit all budget usage. The public can also participate in monitoring the entire process at the SPPG units.
Oversight has now been further strengthened through the involvement of the Attorney General’s Office. The Attorney General’s Office, through the Prosecutorial Intelligence Division, has a network that extends to villages.
“Now we want to add one more oversight component, namely through all Attorney General’s Office units in the regions. We discussed additional oversight mechanisms so that the Attorney General’s Office components in villages can also monitor budget usage at SPPG units across Indonesia,” Dadan said.
With this tightened oversight, Dadan issued a message to the 25,570 SPPG units across Indonesia to use their allocated budget optimally, transparently and accountably. The hope is that the quality of MBG received by the community truly meets the established standards for nutritional adequacy.
“I therefore emphasise to all our partners (SPPG) to use the funds in accordance with the existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), in accordance with the existing Technical Guidance (Juknis), and to use them as optimally and transparently as possible for the MBG programme,” he stressed.
For SPPG units that misuse budget and present substandard MBG, Dadan warned that BGN would not hesitate to impose sanctions including permanent closure. Legal action is also a possibility.
“We have mechanisms: there will be a First Warning Letter, Second Warning Letter, temporary closure. Then we provide an opportunity to improve. If they repeat their violations, the possibility of permanent closure is not ruled out. If there is indeed budget irregularities and it is proven legally, legal action is not ruled out,” he said.