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Director of Health and Nutrition ADF, Francis Aminu presents gifts to participating schools

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"838rcMAU" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Aliko Dangote Foundion&comma; ADF said it has recorded tremendous achievements in the Nutrition development landscape in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"JxDY2ioV" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>It is therefore poised to sustaining the drive towards realizing Nigeria’s Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action For Food and Nutrition &lpar;NMPFAN&rpar;20 21-2025 goals in line with the theme of the 53rd Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference sponsored by the Aliko Dangote Foundation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 5-Day event which took place in Abuja was organized by the Nutrition Society of Nigeria&comma; NSN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Managing Director&comma; ADF&comma; Zouera Youssoufou said the foundation&comma; under the able leadership of the foremost Philanthropist&comma; Aliko Dangote&comma; have been collaborating with NSN since 2017 to curb malnutrition and would continue to support stakeholders for appropriate solutions&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"WjZ46QaI" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>She said the organization of the Conference by NSN at this time marks a significant step in ADF’s quests to achieve the goals of Nigeria’s National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition &lpar;NMPFAN&rpar; 2021-2025 as desired by the foremost Philanthropist&comma; Aliko Dangote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2023&sol;09&sol;17&sol;nigeria-bar-association-ungogo-branch-condemns-hate-speech-by-politicians-in-kano-state&sol;">Nigeria Bar Association Ungogo Branch Condemns Hate Speech by Politicians in Kano State<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Zouera listed collaborations&sol;achievements by ADF to include the following-The Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated Nutrition &lpar;ADFIN&rpar; programme designed and implemented in compliance with global best practices&comma; in recognition of the multifaceted and interdependent causes of malnutrition like the difficult context in northern Nigeria&comma; is planned to reach over 1 million children at the end of the first phase in 2025<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Partnership for Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria&comma; &lpar;PANRiN&rpar; with the World Bank and BMGF for the provision of TA mechanism through a multi-donor trust fund &lpar;MTDF&rpar;&comma; informed the 235M nutrition International development &lpar;IDA&rpar; assistance to the Federal Government&comma; leading to the provision of community-based services to 9&period;6 million women and children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The multi sectoral<br &sol;>&NewLine;ANRiN Pilot project in Gombe&comma; has reached 14&comma;000 poor and vulnerable households receiving cash transfers&comma; and home gardening<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ADF catalyzed food fortification and nutrition across public and private sectors through the annual Food Processing and Nutrition Leadership CEO Forum in Nigeria with the<br &sol;>&NewLine;provision of fortified staple foods with micronutrients from an average of 50 per cent in 2018 to about 90 per cent in 2022 amongst others<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Represented by the Director&comma; Health and Nutrition&comma; Dr&period; Francis Aminu&comma; Zouera reminded the Conference that<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the consequences of malnutrition are profound&comma; and proper nutrition is a fundamental right of Nigerians as the bedrock upon which its physical&sol;health and economic prosperity is built&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hence&comma; the focus of ADF in nutrition with wraparound interventions to improve health&comma; education&comma; livelihood and empowerment opportunities for social change through strategic investments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She urged the conference to seek solutions to closing the gaps of the nutrition workforce&comma; share innovative ideas and collectively chart the part towards brighter and healthier future for all Nigerians in line with the theme of the Confrence<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Strengthening Nutrition Leadership and Workforce Capacity for Improved Health and Development in Nigeria &&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the event the Minister for Budget and Economic Planning&comma; Abubakar Bagudu&comma; said Nigeria loses &dollar;1&period;5bn of its Gross Domestic Product yearly due to micronutrient deficiencies and called for<br &sol;>&NewLine;coordinated efforts to tackle malnutrition in the Country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President&comma; Nutrition Society of Nigeria&comma; and Dean&comma; College of Food Science and Human Ecology&comma; Federal University of Agriculture&comma; Abeokuta&comma; Prof&period; Wasiu Akinloye O&period; Afolabi expressed gratitude to the Aliko Dangote Foundation for Sponsoring this year’s Nutritional Society of Nigeria’s Inter-Schools Debate to scale up nutrition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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