The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has commended the Governor of Adamawa State, Northwest Nigeria, Ahmadu Fintiri, for investing N100 million naira as a counterpart fund to address acute malnutrition across the state.
Speaking Wednesday in Yola at the launch of Adamawa State Food Nutrition Policy and State Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition – 2023-2027, UNICEF Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Tushar Rane, lamented that children in the state still suffer from chronic food poverty.
According to him, “the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) is a new financing mechanism designed to accelerate the scale-up of sustainable policies, programs, and supplies to end child wasting.
“We commend the Governor of Adamawa State for being the first State to Contribute 100 Million Naira as Counterpart contribution for the Child Nutrition Fund to address all forms of Malnutrition, particularly Wasting, Anaemia, and Stunting.
“While we congratulate the House on your effort, Adamawa still has a long way to go in addressing the menace of malnutrition.
