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Two School Meal Providers Reported for Slashing Budget to 6,500 Rupiah per Portion; Owner Claims to be Minister's Grandchild

| Source: DETIK_JOGJA Translated from Indonesian | Social Policy
Two School Meal Providers Reported for Slashing Budget to 6,500 Rupiah per Portion; Owner Claims to be Minister's Grandchild
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The Indonesian National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has received reports of two school meal providers (SPPG) that have cut the school meal programme budget to 6,500 rupiah per portion. The two SPPG have since been temporarily suspended.

According to detikNews, Deputy Head of the BGN Nanik S Deyang stated that the reports were submitted by two SPPG heads in East Java. They claimed to have been intimidated by the SPPG owner, who identified himself as a minister’s grandchild.

“Two SPPG heads from Ponorogo came all the way to Blitar to meet me and seek protection,” Nanik told journalists on Monday, 16 March 2026.

The two SPPG operated in Ponorogo under the Bhakti Bhojana Nusantara Foundation. The SPPG heads reported that they, along with nutrition supervisors and finance supervisors, were constantly pressured and intimidated by a foundation that claimed to be owned by someone who identified himself as a minister’s grandchild.

Nanik stated that the two SPPG heads were pressured and threatened with police involvement or legal action if they did not comply with the foundation’s demands.

The foundation allegedly manipulated food procurement purchases, reducing the budget from 10,000 rupiah per portion to 6,500 rupiah. As a result, the SPPG heads had to cover the shortfall from their own pockets in order to provide adequate meals.

“I have no choice, sir. I feel sorry for the student beneficiaries,” said Mufid.

Following these complaints, the BGN temporarily suspended the two SPPG in the Ponorogo area. The suspension was implemented after the Daily Chair of the Coordination Team of 17 Ministries and Agencies for School Meal Programme Implementation received confirmation from the minister in question.

The minister stated that he does not have a grandchild as described and claimed ownership of the two facilities. The minister agreed that the facility allegedly owned by someone claiming to be his grandchild should be shut down.

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