Malnutrition Threat To Human Capital Development, Says Gov Lawal

Governor of Zamfara State Dauda Lawal says malnutrition is not lone a wellness situation but an economical obstruction and menace to quality superior development.

Speaking erstwhile helium launched the Zamfara State Nutrition 774 Initiative yesterday, Governor Lawal said the inauguration of the State Council connected Nutrition volition spark a transformative program to fortify society’s instauration by prioritising the wellness and well-being of Zamfara children.

“We cannot physique a secure, resilient, and prosperous Zamfara connected a instauration of mediocre nutrition. An concern successful the archetypal 1,000 days of a child’s beingness is the azygous astir important concern we tin marque successful this state’s future.

“This is wherefore the Nutrition 774 (N774) Initiative is timely and essential. Its community-based, multi-sectoral attack rightly recognises that nutrition is connected to health, agriculture, education, societal protection, and WASH.

“By focusing connected strengthening our section nutrition efforts and empowering our women, the N774 Initiative aligns with our state’s ‘Rescue Agenda’.

“To that end, I americium arrogant to denote that we person formally constituted the Zamfara State Council connected Nutrition and our afloat committedness to the N774 Initiative.”

The politician further stressed that the Zamfara State Council, composed of cardinal commissioners and leaders, has implicit authorization to acceptable policy, coordinate efforts, and supervise each nutrition activities.

“One of the council’s superior tasks is to thrust the N774 Initiative to each section authorities successful our state. This motorboat contiguous is truthful a telephone to action.

“To our partners successful the nationalist team, we are acceptable to enactment and trust connected your enactment to physique our section teams’ capableness for a creaseless rollout. My medication is committed to this partnership, providing enactment and resources to guarantee the occurrence and sustainability of the N774 Initiative successful Zamfara State.

“Therefore, with large optimism for the aboriginal and a profound consciousness of duty, it is my singular honour to officially inaugurate the State Council connected Nutrition and officially motorboat the Nutrition 774 (N774) Initiative successful Zamfara State.”

Earlier, the elder peculiar adjunct to the President connected Public Health, Mrs. Uju Rochas Anwukah, commended Governor Dauda Lawal administration’s performance, particularly successful the wellness sector.

Mrs Uju said the N774 inaugural aims to physique a well-nourished, steadfast Nigeria by strengthening section and nationalist nutrition efforts.

The governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the Nutrition 774 Initiative is simply a community-driven, multi-sectoral programme to heighten nutritional results passim Nigeria’s 774 section authorities areas.