Malnutrition: Kaduna to get $350m World Bank intervention fund

The wife of Kaduna state governor and chairperson of the state Emergency Nutrition Action Plan (KADENAP)‎, Mrs. Aisha Ummi El-Rufai has disclosed that Kaduna is one of the states captured by World Bank to benefit $350million from its malnutrition intervention fund. She disclosed this while briefing journalists in the state on the successes recorded so […]

The wife of Kaduna state governor and chairperson of the state Emergency Nutrition Action Plan (KADENAP)‎, Mrs. Aisha Ummi El-Rufai has disclosed that Kaduna is one of the states captured by World Bank to benefit $350million from its malnutrition intervention fund.

She disclosed this while briefing journalists in the state on the successes recorded so far by KADENAP.

She said the decision to include Kaduna among the benefitting states was due to its proactive efforts toward ending malnutrition among children.

The grant according to her is meant to tackle the menace of malnutrition across some selected states in Nigeria.

KADENAP was inaugurated by the State Governor, Malam Nasir El-rufai following a disturbing statistics of malnourished children in Nigeria, with Kaduna State topping the list.

In view of this, she said the state government in collaboration with UNICEF earmarked the sum of N750million for the purchase of Ready-to Use -Therapeutic -Food (RUTF) to combat acute malnutrition ravaging the state.

She sought media support to end malnutrition in the state, adding that the media remain the best platform to sensitize the people particularly those in remote areas on the dangers of malnutrition.

Speaking further, she mentioned that KADENAP has set up Community Management Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) ‎sites in three Local Government Area of the state including Igabi, Zaria and Makarfi LGAs targeted in the first phase of activities.

"KADENAP in collaboration with UNILEVER Nigeria has also engaged in empowerment of rural women under which the selected women are given products worth N46,000 as seed stock. This is expected to have positive impact on their children’s nutrition," she added.