Nutrition Technocrats brainstorm in Makurdi to profer Food and Nutrition solutions for BENUE
The Stakeholders drawn from Specialists, Researchers, Planners, Donors, Implementors h ave called on the government to sufficiently create a budget line for Nutrition Activities, in a meeting at Metropolitan Hotel Makurdi. 21st September, 2023. The high profile meeting was organized by Benue State Planning Commission, in collaboration with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). Good things are clearly coming to Benue. In a goodwill message from Chief of UNICEF Field Office Enugu, represented by Nutrition Specialists Ngozi Onuora, acknowledged the commitment of Benue State Government in sponsoring the event which is a support to the Global Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Mrs Onuora revealed that "13.6% of Benue children do not enjoy 6 months of exclusive breast milk and are underweight, a factor that is inimical to their overall development" and that "malnutrition ...