N4 billion to fight malnutrition in northeast



The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, says the federal government has approved N4 billion to provide health and tackle malnutrition in parts of northeast Nigeria.

Hundreds have died in the past months from severe malnutrition in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps.

Speaking in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, the minister said the approved funds would be specifically spent on health and nutrition matters in the troubled region.

Mr. Adewole spoke during a zonal roundtable for officials of states primary health care development agencies (PHCDA), ahead the flagging off of Saving One Million lives Program for Results (SOML-P4R).

The SOML-P4R is an initiative of the Federal Government, as part of its effort to improve maternal and child healthcare through a result-based partnership with states’ ministries of health.

He said the federal government had set up a presidential task force for the northeast, to be headed by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, to address critical areas of need in the sub-region.

Focal areas are water, environment, health and nutrition.

“In six months, we want to restore sanity in these four sectors,” said the health minister. “I want to tell you that each sector is chaired by a minister. I chair the sub-committee on health and our budget has been approved for the northeast. That budget will entail spending of N4 billion on health and nutrition in the northeast – with emphasis on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.

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