Rejects MBG Electric Motorcycle Budget for 2025, Purbaya: Some Already Disbursed, Rest Restricted!
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudha Sadewa stated that the procurement of electric motorcycles for the Heads of Food Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) was budgeted for 2025, not for this year, 2026.
He said he had inquired about this with the Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, as the matter has come under public scrutiny amid the government’s strong push for budget efficiency.
Therefore, Purbaya emphasised that there is no new procurement of electric motorcycles for the MBG programme in 2026.
“He (the Head of BGN) said it was indeed last year’s budget, which had already been disbursed in part. But for this year, he confirmed there is no purchase of new electric motorcycles,” Purbaya said at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 8 April 2026.
Regarding his rejection of the request for additional electric motorcycle units for the MBG programme, Purbaya assured that the remaining procurement that has not yet arrived in Indonesia will be rejected.
Meanwhile, the number of electric motorcycles procured so far has only reached around 21,600 units, out of a total of 24,400 units.
“Well, some have already been disbursed, so the rest will be rejected. So it’s limited, not fully rejected,” he said.
It is known that previously Purbaya had explained that his side had once rejected the procurement request for motorcycles and computers to support the MBG programme in 2025.
“Last year, we didn’t want to, we rejected buying too many computers and motorcycles,” Purbaya said while speaking with the media in the Ministry of Finance area, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026.
“But now I don’t know yet, I’ll look again to see what it’s like. I’ll check again,” he said.
He emphasised that the MBG budget should be prioritised for food procurement. Because, in his view, the SPPG partners have already profited from the programme, so there is no need to provide electric motorcycles anymore.
“We don’t know what the programme is like, but it should primarily be for food. If it’s for business people, they’ve already made enough profit,” he said.