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.