Malnutrition: Kaduna State Committee on Food and Nutrition, Lauds ANRIN Project Contribution
By: Femi Mustapha
Kaduna State Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), Mukhtar Ahmed has said that the State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN), applauds the contributions of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria Project (ANRiN) in the fight against malnutrition.
He asserted this at a one-day stakeholders’ debriefing workshop held today in Zaria, saying that SCFN, which is domiciled at the PBC, cannot afford to neglect the giant contributions made by the ANRiN project in the state.
Mr Ahmed who was represented by the Director, of Development Aid Coordination of the PBC, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, noted that the ANRIN Project has made great efforts towards the recovery of many malnourished children through their various intervention programs.
While expressing his gratitude for their support, the Commissioner pledged to sustain their legacies for the achievement of better nutrition indices in the state.
Speaking earlier, the Coordinator of, the ANRiN Project in Kaduna, Dr Zainab Muhammad-Idris, revealed that the Project has contributed to the recovery of about 30,000 malnourished children in the state through their various interventions.
She equally said that the ANRiN project, which is largely a preventive intervention against the onset of malnutrition, has in the past three years reached out to over four million beneficiaries comprising children, lactating mothers, pregnant women, and adolescent girls.
The coordinator stressed that everyone, including families, communities, and any stakeholder that has benefited from the project has a role to play in sustaining the efforts made by the ANRiN project.
She pointed out that faith-based leaders had been supportive in using the scripture in passing information on how families should maintain healthy and nutritious lifestyles adding that they were poised to see that Kaduna state has no single case of malnourished child or mother.
As the ANRiN project in Kaduna ends by the end of the year, Muhammad-Idris hoped that all the good work, learning models, key successes, and approaches that were used in delivering the project would be sustained and the expected practices would be continued across the state.
“We believe a lot of efforts and investments have been made. In doing that, we expect the institutions whose capacity has been built and personnel who were trained especially community service providers and health workers delivering the services to continue even after exit of the project.”
“We expect to see better food choices and maternal fact and young child nutrition practices being upheld in homes and also families and individual imbibing better health-seeking behavior in terms of nutrition and other health services.”
“We expect to see improvement in the health services being provided at the facility level. This is why we partnered with the State Primary Health Care Board to strengthen our family health care facilities to deliver the services.”
“It is doable, and this we aspire to see. In the end, we want to do away with chronic malnutrition which is exemplified by stunting and micronutrient deficiencies,” she said.
Speaking also, the Nutrition Specialist for the ANRiN project in Kaduna, Hajiya Hauwa Usman said that the workshop was aimed at presenting the progress they have made and some of the achievements they recorded in implementing the project in the state.
She equally said it was to critically discuss sustainability plans as the ANRiN project comes to an end in the state by the end of the year.
Stakeholders at the workshop included the Society for Family Health, the State Primary Health Care Board, the National Orientation Agency, and nutrition desk officers from MDAs.
Others were the Kaduna Agriculture Development Agency, Kaduna Emergency Nutrition Action Plan (KADENAP), and Ministry of Local Government, among others.
SCFN Lauds ANRIN Project Contribution in the Fight Against Malnutrition
From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Commissioner, of Kaduna State Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), Mukhtar Ahmed, has applauded the contributions of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria Project (ANRiN) in Kaduna, in the fight against malnutrition.
He asserted this at a one-day stakeholders’ debriefing workshop held yesterday in Zaria, Kaduna, saying that the State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN), which is domiciled at the PBC, cannot afford to neglect the giant contributions made by the ANRiN project in the state.
Mr Ahmed who was ably represented by Hajiya Aisha Muhammad, the Director of Development Aid Coordination of the PBC, noted that the ANRIN Project has made great efforts towards the recovery of many malnourished children through their various intervention programs.
While expressing his gratitude for their support, the Commissioner pledged to sustain their legacies for the achievement of better nutrition indices in the state.
Speaking earlier, the Coordinator of, the ANRiN Project in Kaduna, Dr Zainab Muhammad-Idris, revealed that they had contributed to the recovery of about 30,000 malnourished children in the state through their various interventions.
She equally said that the ANRiN project, which is largely a preventive intervention against the onset of malnutrition, has in the past three years reached out to over four million beneficiaries comprising children, lactating mothers, pregnant women, and adolescent girls.
The coordinator stressed that everyone, including families, communities, and any stakeholder that has benefited from the project has a role to play in sustaining the efforts made by the ANRiN project.
She pointed out that faith-based leaders had been supportive in using the scripture in passing information on how families should maintain healthy and nutritious lifestyles adding that they were poised in seeing that Kaduna state has no single case of malnourished child or mother.
As the ANRiN project in Kaduna ends by the end of the year, Muhammad-Idris hoped that all the good work, learning models, key successes, and approaches that were used in delivering the project would be sustained and the expected practices would be continued across the state.
“We believe a lot of efforts and investments have been made. In doing that, we expect the institutions whose capacity has been built and personnel who were trained especially community service providers and health workers delivering the services to continue even after exit of the project.”
“We expect to see better food choices and maternal fact and young child nutrition practices being upheld in homes and also families and individual imbibing better health-seeking behavior in terms of nutrition and other health services.”
“We expect to see improvement in the health services being provided at the facility level. This is why we partnered with the State Primary Health Care Board to strengthen our family health care facilities to deliver the services.”
“It is doable, and this we aspire to see. In the end, we want to do away with chronic malnutrition which is exemplified by stunting and micronutrient deficiencies,” she said.
Speaking also, the Nutrition Specialist for the ANRiN project in Kaduna, Hajiya Hauwa Usman said that the workshop was aimed at presenting the progress they have made and some of the achievements they recorded in implementing the project in the state.
She equally said it was to critically discuss sustainability plans as the ANRiN project comes to an end in the state by the end of the year.
Stakeholders at the workshop included the Society for Family Health, the State Primary Health Care Board, the National Orientation Agency, and nutrition desk officers from MDAs.
Others were the Kaduna Agriculture Development Agency, Kaduna Emergency Nutrition Action Plan (KADENAP), and Ministry of Local Government, among others.
