The Katsina State Government on Wednesday commenced the 2026 SMART Nutrition Survey to assess malnutrition, food insecurity and related health challenges across the state’s 34 Local Government Areas.
The exercise is expected to generate updated data on children and women to guide government and development partners in targeting nutrition interventions.
Speaking at the flag-off in Katsina, Prof. Saifullahi Ibrahim, the Statistician General of the Katsina State Bureau of Statistics, described the survey as a critical investment in evidence-based governance.
“Statistics provide the evidence upon which governments make decisions, allocate resources, monitor progress and assess whether public interventions are achieving the desired results,” he said.
The 2025 SMART Survey recorded 7.4 per cent Global Acute Malnutrition, 46.3 per cent stunting and 25.8 per cent underweight among children in the state.
