The World Bank has approved $50m in support of food nutrition challenges in Nigeria. Country Director of the World Bank, Ndiame Diop revealed this during a meeting with Vice President, Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Tuesday. According to Diop, the fund was earmarked under the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project 2.0 programme, which is a crisis response window. The Practice Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, Trina Haque said there was a need for nutrition education for children and adolescents as it is important for early child development. While speaking during the visit, Shettima reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to addressing its growing nutrition challenges through a community driven strategy aimed at transforming nutrition outcomes across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas (LGAs).
VP Shettima presented the comprehensive N-774 Initiative, which builds on successful outcomes from the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project.
“The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is pioneering a paradigm shift in nutrition programmes through locally owned solutions.”
“The N-774 Initiative represents our commitment to community-driven development and sustainable nutrition outcomes.”
The Vice President explained that the N-774 Initiative is a localized, community driven solution tailored towards the unique needs of each LGA, and aims to bring nutrition interventions directly to communities while encouraging local ownership and ensuring sustainability.
Shettima noted the project implementation strategy to leverage current political will to reverse the country’s negative nutrition indicators.
“The Renewed Hope Administration is committed to swift, impactful results through this innovative approach to nutrition intervention."
“With sustained collaboration between the federal and sub-national governments, and international partners, we are confident this initiative will yield significant improvements in our community health outcomes”.
