. Niger Yet To Reach National Average For Breastfeeding, Says Executive Director
Laleye Dipo in Minna
The Executive Director, Niger State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Junaidu Inuwa, has said that the state is yet to meet the national average for breastfeeding.
While the national average is 56 per cent, the state has been able to achieve 44 per cent.
Dr. Inuwa, who made this known on Monday at the flag-off of this year’s World Breastfeeding Day, also said it is in a bid to meet the average that government organised the sensitisation of mothers on the need for exclusive breastfeeding of their children up to six months.
