….as Shettima asks 26 states to inaugurate their state nutrition councils
The Nutrition 774 Initiative Strategy Board on Wednesday, adopted a domestic financing model as the sustainable foundation for nutrition investment in Nigeria, to close N500 billion financing gap
The gap is seen as likely to increase as foreign donors reduce their support for Nigeria’s nutrition program
The dwindling support has created over N500 billion financing gap which the government now seeks to close.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, who Chairs the Board, charged the remaining twenty-seven states that have not inaugurated their State Councils on Nutrition to close the gap by doing so, adding that ” every serious government eventually reaches the point where intentions must face instruments.”
According to him, “The N500 billion financing gap before us must move from a figure in a presentation to a funded programme on the ground. The National Nutrition Bill must move
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