National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerian mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of their infant’s life.National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerian mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of their infant’s life.
The DG, represented by the Director of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition , Mrs Eva Edwards, described exclusive breastfeeding as the best start in life and the cornerstone of child survival and health because it provides essential, irreplaceable nutrition as nature intended for a child’s optimal development.
“NAFDAC remains resolutely committed to implementing and monitoring adherence to the provisions of the Code as the agency designated by law for this responsibility in the amendment Decree No. 22 Marketing of 1999.” Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, Dr Oliver Aba, has disclosed that the country’s present situation is a means of grace for growth, charging the citizens to pray for those in authority.Mohammed Sheriff, counsel for the detained President of Miyetti Allah KautalHore, Bello Bodejo, yesterday, said his client has yet to make any valid statement in custody.
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