Acting Education Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has opined that it is “not fair” for the government to provide free breakfast to those who can afford it.

“We will continue with the programme that we have now and focus on those who can’t afford to have breakfast.

“But to provide breakfast to all means that those who have money, who are rich and eat a lot at home will also get it.

“So this is not fair,” he said when door-stopped by the media after launching TNB’s Balai Islam Complex in Kuala Lumpur this morning.