Food, Nutrition Policy will Guide Gombe to Address Hindrance--UNICEF
By Adamu IMAM Bauchi
Rene further that, UNICEF hope to continue strengthens multisectoral nutrition governance and coordination at all levels while ensuring accountability.
“Let me use this opportunity to inform this prestigious gathering that UNICEF has procured 3,645 Cartons of Small Quantity Lipid Based Supplement worth the sum of N337,193,748.60 to enhance the diet of children 6 to 23 months.
This support has been made possible with thanks to the generous contribution of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).”
Tushar Rane stressed that “Nutrition is a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary issue involving various sectors including health, agriculture, science and technology, education, Social Protection, Water and Sanitation thereby improving Economic Growth.”
Food and nutrition policy will no doubt guide Gombe state to address the hindrances to food and nutrition security from individual, household, community, local government and to state levels as a whole
This was disclosed by Dr. Tushar Rane, Chief of Bauchi Field Office, BFO during the launching of Gombe state Nutrition Policy and Costed Multisectoral Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan of Action held at the International Hotel, Gombe on Tuesday.
The Bauchi UNICEF Boss was ably represented by Nutrition Specialist, Mrs Philomena, Rene, lamented that children in Gombe State are experiencing chronic food poverty as about 30.7 percent of newborns are exclusively breastfed only 22.5 percent of children aged 6 to 23 months receive a minimum acceptable diet and only 8.4% receive minimum dietary diversity.
Adding that, more than 50% of women and children are anemic according to the statistics available in the 2021 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey MICS
“We envisage that the effective implementation of this policy can contribute to alleviating these nutrition gaps in the state. Hence, we delightfully supported the development of this policy from the scratch.”
He added that, “UNICEF mobilized financial and technical support in terms of providing data on nutrition indices and support the costing of the policy.
UNICEF facilitated the engagement of external experts and its own technical experts, whose synergy with the state’s technical team ensured the birthing of this policy and costed multisectoral plan of action.”
He added that, “UNICEF mobilized financial and technical support in terms of providing data on nutrition indices and support the costing of the policy.
UNICEF facilitated the engagement of external experts and its own technical experts, whose synergy with the state’s technical team ensured the birthing of this policy and costed multisectoral plan of action.”
Rene further that, UNICEF hope to continue strengthens multisectoral nutrition governance and coordination at all levels while ensuring accountability.
“Let me use this opportunity to inform this prestigious gathering that UNICEF has procured 3,645 Cartons of Small Quantity Lipid Based Supplement worth the sum of N337,193,748.60 to enhance the diet of children 6 to 23 months.
This support has been made possible with thanks to the generous contribution of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).”
Tushar Rane stressed that “Nutrition is a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary issue involving various sectors including health, agriculture, science and technology, education, Social Protection, Water and Sanitation thereby improving Economic Growth.”
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