Mercy Asso, CS -SUNN Coordinator in the state, stated this in Lafia when she led a team on a courtesy visit to some of the nutrition champions in the state.
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Speaking at the first quarterly capacity building of the Lagos State chapter of the Civil Society on Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, hosted by the Communication Team, Nweke said optimising ICT tools in this era has become imperative.
The state Nutrition Officer, Ramatu Musa, made this known in Kaduna on Thursday, while presenting the nutrition situation in the state at a two-day meeting organised by Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government had on Tuesday, announced the extension of maternity leave from three to six months.
Speaking at an ongoing five-day capacity training for media practitioners and civil society organisations on scaling up nutrition in Nigeria, Alarape noted that the 38 per cent was far higher than WHO’s acceptable standard of 20 per cent.
The Niger State Government has been hailed for scaling up the budgetary provisions from N80 million in 2017 to N210 million in 2020.
Making this call on Thursday at a media parley in Minna, the Executive Secretary, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, Beatrice Eluaka, said in 2017, about N90 million was budgeted for nutrition in 2017 but not released by the government.
UNICEF’s Chief of Nutrition, Simeon Nanama, said that SAM children are 12 times more likely to die than healthy children if not treated.