The World Bank says it has approved $50 million to support Nigeria’s food nutrition challenges.
Ndiame Diop, country director of the World Bank, spoke
during a meeting with Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the presidential villa,
Abuja, on Tuesday.
Diop said the fund was earmarked under the accelerating
nutrition results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project 2.0 programme which is a crisis
response window.
Speaking also at the meeting, Trina Haque, practice manager
for health, nutrition and population at the World Bank, said there was a need
for nutrition education for children and adolescents as it is important for
early child development.
Responding, Shettima reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to
addressing its growing nutrition challenges through a community-driven strategy
aimed at transforming nutrition outcomes across Nigeria’s 774 local government
areas (LGAs).
He presented the comprehensive N-774 initiative, which builds
on successful outcomes from ANRiN project.
Shettima added that the N-774 initiative comes at a crucial
time considering the ANRiN project closeout.
“The administration
of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is pioneering a paradigm shift in nutrition
programmes through locally owned solutions,” he said.
“The N-774 Initiative represents our commitment to
community-driven development and sustainable nutrition outcomes.”
Shettima said the N-774 initiative is a localised,
community-driven solution tailored towards the unique needs of each LGA and
aims to bring nutrition interventions directly to communities while encouraging
local ownership and ensuring sustainability.
“Malnutrition is a Nigerian problem that needs a Nigerian
solution and president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is very much willing to support such
an initiative,” Shettima added.
“The project
integrates nutrition goals across education, agriculture, health and social
protection sectors.”
On project implementation strategy, he said it was important
to leverage current political will to reverse the country’s negative nutrition
indicators.
“The renewed hope administration is committed to swift,
impactful results through this innovative approach to nutrition intervention,”
he said.
“With sustained collaboration between the federal and
sub-national governments and international partners, we are confident this
initiative will yield significant improvements in our community health
outcomes.”
On September 30, the World Bank approved three new financing
totalling $1.57 billion to support key sectors in Nigeria.
The approved funds, according to the international lender,
were geared towards supporting the federal government in strengthening human
capital through better health for women, children and adolescents.
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