Nasarawa Govt. Begs For Collaboration With Important Sectors As One In Three Children Suffer From Starvation

The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Iya, at a one-day sensitisation workshop for lawmakers and stakeholders in nutrition in Lafia, the state capital disclosed that one out of three children in the State is suffering from starvation. Iya therefore begged for collaboration within important sectors saying even if they educate mothers on how to feed their children properly, the lessons will be meaningless without the most important thing- foodstuff. Hear him;

Iya said, “We will need support and collaboration from sectors such as agriculture, education and women affairs, for obvious reasons. We can provide all the needed nutritional software, like advice and counselling on appropriate feeding for mothers, infants and young children.

“But when the hardware, such as foodstuff, is not available or accessible, then it becomes meaningless as nutritional status cannot be improved without the availability of foods.”

A representative of United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, Mrs. Florence Oni, has also expressed the readiness of the UNICEF to fully support states in providing Vitamin A supplement for children aged zero to six.