• As Shettima asks 27 states to inaugurate state nutrition councils
•Says Tinubu places human capital devt at centre of nation’s devt trajectory
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Nutrition 774 Initiative Strategy Board has adopted a domestic financing model as the sustainable foundation for nutrition investment in Nigeria. This comes as Chairman of the board, Vice President Kashim Shettima, charged the remaining 27 states that have not inaugurated their State Councils on Nutrition to close the gap by doing so.
The board also mandated the Federal Ministry of Finance and other critical partners to embark on a robust stakeholder engagement programme in order to activate existing financing instruments, including Presidential Nutrition Intervention Fund (PNIF) and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) levy ring-fence.
