Worsening Food Insecurity: Bauchi Govt, UNICEF Contribute N300m Each to Procure Nutrition Commodities for Children, Mothers
Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Government and UNICEF have jointly committed N600 million to tackle rising child malnutrition and expand maternal nutrition services across the state.
The Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board, Dr. Rilwanu Muhammad, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists over the weekend, said “The malnutrition we are seeing is not just because of poverty, it is because of inflation. Children are coming out malnourished.”
He also disclosed the state has distributed 4,842 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, RUTF, and 15,000 cartons of Small Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements, SQLNS, to Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition, IMAM, centres.
