The United Nations Children’s Fund called on the Nigerian Government to increase funding for nutrition programming towards addressing malnutrition in the country.
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Celine Lafoucriere, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Chief field officer in Nigeria, has restated the organisation’s commitment to partner with the Lagos State government to ensure that every newborn survives and strives in the state.
UNICEF has appealed for the extension of maternity leave for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Jigawa state.
They made the call Monday in Kaduna, at the dialogue meeting, organised by the state’s Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), with support from UNICEF.
This development was disclosed by UNICEF’s Communications Officer in Nigeria, Safiya Akau, on Thursday in Abuja.
This number, according to UN Children’s Fund, doubled the number compared to the same period in 2022.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the National Population Commission (NPC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to register 12 million children in Nigeria.
The Master’s program, which is developed and will be run in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), begins in the fall (September) semester.
The Programmes Officer of the United Nations Children Fund, Joannes Yimbesalu, spoke on this issue.
It spoke on the development in a statement it issued on Friday on the fate of children in the conflict in the North East.
Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government, the Multisectoral Integrated Nutrition Action (MINA) project is being implemented by UNICEF and other partners in 24 Local Government Areas of Borno and Yobe states till March 2025.
The suspected outbreak has reportedly affected 10 villages in Ekeureku community beginning from Thursday.
This was disclosed by the Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Juliet Chiluwe, in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday.
The Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Surendran Chemmenkotil, said this at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.
This was disclosed by the Chief of UNICEF Kano Field Office, comprising Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States, Rahma Farah.
UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate who gave the task at a press statement expressed concern on the safety of children in Nigeria.
Dr. Ijeoma Agbo, a Nutrition Specialist, gave the advice on Thursday in Ibadan at the ongoing two-day media dialogue on the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster 6.
Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, Chinwe Ezeife, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna Friday.
Mairama Dikwa, the UNICEF Education Specialist, told the New Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Bauchi Saturday, that the establishment would begin in November across all the schools with Girls Enrollment Project 3 (GEP3).
The top UNICEF official disclosed this during a Media Dialogue on Girls Education in Bauchi State on Friday.