Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, president-elect for the 2024-2029 period, wants to execute the program of providing free nutritious food for school children to run efficiently without any leakage.
How this will be realized was thoroughly discussed in an exclusive interview with Prabowo by tvOne titled “Prabowo Subianto Talks for Indonesia” airing on Wednesday, (22/5) night.
Prabowo stated that the budget for the nutritious food program for students in schools has been calculated and he is optimistic about being able to realize it.
“We have calculated that we are capable, the problem of organization, we are not necessarily thinking about it yet, whether it needs a special ministry or just a body, I think it’s not the organization but the important thing is the scheme, the system, until it is realized to the children correctly,” said Prabowo.
Prabowo mentioned that he is striving to eliminate any leakage in the implementation of the program in his future government.
“The problem is, I have been talking about this for a long time, there is a phenomenon as a nation’s child that there is awareness that there are many leaks in our nation. Now, how do we create a scheme efficiently and well, with no leakage until it reaches our children,” said Prabowo.
Regarding the distribution of free milk to children throughout Indonesia, it will also be carried out according to the typology of each area.
Prabowo gave an example in one area in Southwest Maluku, the island of Moa, which often produces buffalo milk. Therefore, it is not too difficult to obtain milk that can be reached by children in the Moa region.
“And the problem of milk. We will see that it depends on the area, for example, Southwest Maluku, the island of Moa, they have many milk buffaloes, there are buffaloes there, enough buffalo milk, there are also areas with many Etawah goats, can get goat milk and we have to see this,” explained Prabowo.
Meanwhile, in other areas where it is difficult to obtain a source of milk, the focus can be on equal distribution of nutritious food such as fish and eggs.
“If you look at the protein in milk, it turns out that the protein and minerals and substances in eggs are better than milk, experts have told me that eggs can be cheaper in some areas where milk is too expensive, we can concentrate on eggs, on fish, and so on,” Prabowo continued.
Therefore, Prabowo emphasized that the distribution of nutritious food and free milk to children in Indonesia will be flexible according to the typology of each area.
“So, we must adjust our plans to the different typologies and conditions of different regions. We should not standardize one pattern in Indonesia, there are mountainous areas, coastal areas, islands. So, we must always be flexible, the important thing is that our children get nutritious food. I think that is our goal,” concluded Prabowo.
