A five-year nutrition action plan that will help to reduce hunger and malnutrition across the country has been approved by the federal government.
According to the
spokesman to the Vice President Laolu Akande, the plan was approved by the
National Council on Nutrition which is chaired by the Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo.
Other members of the
Council include Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Health Minister,
Minister of Water Resources, the Minister of State, Budget and National
Planning, the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, development partners, organized
private sector, Civil Society Organisations, the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi
Lamido, among others.
The plan will help in
the implementation of interventions and programmes to address the problems of
hunger and malnutrition across all sectors in Nigeria.
The statement added;
“The approved plan
will reduce the proportion of people who suffer malnutrition by 50%; increase
exclusive breastfeeding rate to 65%,” the statement said. “It will also reduce
stunting rate among under-five year olds to 18% by 2025 through the scaling up
of priority high impact nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive
interventions.
“The plan recommends
the adoption and implementation of strategies aimed at improving the
nutritional status of Nigerians by tackling under nutrition and stunting, among
others.”
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