Kaduna state government has assured of its readiness to continue to initiate policies and programmes that would tackle the issue of malnutrition in the state.
The commissioner budget and planning commission Alhaji Mukhtar Ahmed stated this during a one-day nutrition stakeholders’ meeting held at the commission’s conference hall Kaduna.
The commissioner, Alhaji Mukhtar Ahmed said Kaduna state government has achieved tremendous success in the fight against malnutrition for the past seven years.
He called on the nursing mothers to embrace six months of exclusive breastfeeding of their babies, as it helps the child to grow stronger and healthier.
Also speaking, the chairman, House committee on Nutrition and food security, at the Kaduna state House assembly, Mr Jesse David stated that the Assembly will enact laws that would help to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the state.
The Kaduna state coordinator of CS SUNN Jessica Bartholomew, said the purpose of the meeting is to secure the buy-in of the stakeholders for the prioritization of nutrition as part of the government agenda on human capital development.