FG, 20 States Pay N7.1bn as Counterpart Obligation to Child Nutrition Fund

• 16 other states yet to fund life-saving interventions

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The federal government and 20 states of the federation have so far contributed N7.1 billion as counterpart funds to the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) meant for the procurement and distribution of life-saving commodities, and expanded treatment coverage for severe acute malnourished children in parts of the country.

However, 16 states failed to fulfil their own counterpart fund obligation to support the life-saving nutrition intervention programme being funded with assistance from UNICEF.

Executive Secretary of Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Sunday Okonkwo, gave the update on Monday in Abuja while speaking on the implementation of Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) by CS-SUNN at a hybrid media roundtable on, “Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) – A Strategic Pathway for Preventing Anaemia and Scaling Access to Life-Saving Nutrition Commodities in Nigeria.”