Shettima Pushes National Food, Nutrition Bill To Protect Funding

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria will accelerate work on a National Food and Nutrition Bill, as part of efforts to protect nutrition financing, strengthen accountability, and sustain interventions across successive administrations.
He noted that the proposed legislation would strengthen the federal government’s Nutrition 774 Initiative and deepen a compact among federal, state and local governments to deliver a unified response to malnutrition, beginning at the community level.
Speaking on Wednesday during the Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Vice President in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha said Nigeria’s ...