Shettima urges states to activate councils as board backs domestic funding for nutrition

The Nutrition 774 Initiative Strategy Board has adopted a domestic financing model as the sustainable basis for nutrition investments in Nigeria, while Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged the remaining states to complete the establishment of subnational nutrition governance structures.
The decision was reached at the board’s second high-level strategic meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, which Shettima chaired, according to a statement issued by his media aide, Stanley Nkwocha.
The board also directed the Federal Ministry of Finance and other partners to begin stakeholder engagement to activate existing financing instruments, including the Presidential Nutritio...