Sorong, July 23 -- The Southwest Papua provincial government voiced hope that new leadership at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) would help extend the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to more underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions.

"The change in leadership represents part of an evaluation aimed at improving the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meals program, in line with the president's policy direction," Southwest Papua Deputy Governor Ahmad Nasrau said in Sorong on Thursday.

He made the statement after President Prabowo Subianto installed former deputy agriculture minister Sudaryono as head of the BGN at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta the previous day, replacing Nanik S. Deyang, who resigned due to health reas...