‘Inadequate Funding Worsening Malnutrition Burden In Nasarawa’

Inadequate funding and late release of funds are worsening the burden of malnutrition in Nasarawa State, the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has said.
The organisation said despite yearly budgetary allocations for nutrition, the amount released is not commensurate with the burden, while releases often come late, making implementation difficult.
During a media engagement in Lafia, the senior programme officer of CS-SUNN, Kunle Ishola, said Nasarawa State currently records a stunting rate of 35 per cent, according to the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2023-2024.
He said the state also records a wasting rate of about 9.6 per cent, alongside a high...