Adamawa Releases N300m To Tackle Malnutrition
Adamawa state government has released N300 million as a matching grant for the child nutrition fund to tackle malnutrition in the state
Speaking at the inauguration of the state council on nutrition
under the nutrition 774 initiative Governor Ahmadu Fintiri said his administration has increased budgetary allocations to nutrition in the last six years
The governor, represented by his Deputy, Professor Kaletapha Farauta lamented malnutrition as a barrier to education, productivity of future of children in the state.
“Malnutrition is a silent calamity that impairs growth, leaning and cognitive ability. It threatens our human capital and undermine development,” she said.
Farauta reaffirmed government commitment to providing succor to the poor and vulnerable members on an innovative platform in the state
She charged local council chairmen as focal persons to replicate the succes of the initiative as their various LGAs.
Earlier, Uju Vanstasia
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health said malnutrition is Nigeria’s quietest, but deadliest emergency and kills more dreams than conflict ever could.
“Today, one in every three Nigerian children under five is stunted. Nearly half of all child deaths in our nation are linked to malnutrition”.
“This, Your Excellency, is not just a health issue. It is a national emergency hiding in plain sight.
” It knows no religion, no ethnicity, and no boundary. It is the language of inequality and poverty — and we must respond with urgency, strategy, and unity”.
She Vanstasia who doubles as Focal Person on Nutrition
Office of the Vice President,
urged governments to invest in addressing malnutrition.
“For every $1 invested in nutrition, we gain $23 in economic returns.
“That is almost four times what we gain from infrastructure investment”.
By Hussaini Hammangabdo
