Taraba to pay N100m to fight child malnutrition

Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Bordiya Buma, has said the governor Agbu Kefas led administration plans to pay N100 million counterpart fund to the United Nations Children's Fund to combat severe malnutrition among children in the state. The sum of US$3.4 under the Child Nutrition Fund , was said to have been set…Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Dr.

The commissioner who acknowledged that the process of keying into the fund is slow, said the state has started the necessary steps to engage with the relevant agencies, stating that “We need to contact the relevant agency before making the move.” Speaking on the fund, a nutrition specialist at UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, Philomena Irene, noted that if the state contributes N100 million, UNICEF would.as well match the amount with another N100 million .

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