The Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), a Non-Government Organisation has lamented over an increase in the number of malnourished children in Kano state.
CS-SUNN National Project Manager, Mr. Okoronkwo Sunday made the lamentation at a one-day sensitization workshop held in Kano.
At the workshop which was on “Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems (PINNS)’’, the National Project Manager said the gathering was to establish media roles and responsibilities to mitigate the menace of malnutrition in Kano.
Mr. Sunday urged the media and other key stakeholders to continue working assiduously until infant, and maternal mortality is reduced to the barest minimum in the state.
In her remarks, the CS-SUNN Coordinator in Kano State, Hajiya Zainab Aliyu Musa, noted that there is a need for the Kano Government to ensure more funds are allocated to the cause of taming malnutrition in the state.
The Kano commissioner of Budget and planning, Alhaji Nura Muhammad Dan Kade noted that Kano has since earmarked N300 million in the 2021 which is aimed at preventing malnutrition and promoting exclusive breast feeding amongst nursing mothers in the state.
