By Luminous Jannamike
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said
about 2.5 million children under the age of five in Nigeria
are suffering severe acute malnutrition.
UNICEF’s nutrition specialist, Ms. Abigail Nyukuri, stated
this at a two-day media dialogue on integrated and timely
response to nutrition-related humanitarian needs, organised
in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
According to her, an estimated 440,000 boys and girls
under age five in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States are
affected by the disease in 2019.
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Nyukuri, who revealed that the prevalence rates of severe
acute malnutrition in the three Northeastern states are 11,
six, and 13 percents respectively, blamed protracted access
constraints and insecurity in the region for the worsening
situation.
She said, “These protracted conditions have made the
severe acute malnutrition situation even worse in Rann
(Kala Balge), South Yobe, Magumeri, Jere, and Konduga
LGAs.
“The poor nutrition situation is further exacerbated by poor
food security situation, sub-optimal Water, Hygiene, and
Sanitation practices and high Disease Burden.”
UNICEF warned that the key consequence of the abysmal
feeding situation in several parts of Nigeria would be
increased poverty levels in years to come.
“Malnutrition has dire consequences in the life of a child. It
is a vicious circle because a malnourished child has issues
with development, a compromised immunity status, and an
impaired cognitive and intellectual capacities.
“All these and other issues combine to lead to increased
poverty levels in the country because these children cannot
adopt productive lifestyles when they become adults. The
loss to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as result is
estimated at 16 percent annually,” Nyukuri said.
In his remarks, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, noted that Nigeria’s future depends on
producing children who are well prepared to take their place
in tomorrow’s society.
He, however, said efforts were been made by the
government through policies and structures which aim at
managing the situation in the country.
Represented by Olumide Osanyinpeju, the ministry’s Deputy
Director and Head of Child Rights Information Bureau, the
Minister said, “Most, unfortunately, a large number of these
children are at risk of deprivations of basic amenities, of
which nutrition is inclusive; and especially in the Northern
rural and hard-to-reach communities.
“The Federal Government has come to the realisation that
lack of access to basic nutrition is an infringement on the
rights of the child.
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“Hence, efforts have been made by the government in the
provision of policies and structures to manage malnutrition
in the country through various programmes to support
nutrition vis-à-vis Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary
Feeding from six months, even the Home Grown School
Feeding programme etc., which are all aimed at eliminating
poor feeding practice for children.”
Vanguard, Nigeria News.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/2-5m-children-in-nigeria-suffering-severe-acute-malnutrition-unicef/

Lifeless Buhari caused this malnutrition in the first place. watch the lion suffering from buhari malnutrition. Heart Breaking Moment Hungry Malnourished Lion In A Nigerian Zoo Collapsed Out of Exhaustion After Been Unable to Roar, This Happened At The Benue State University Zoo!!! The Nigerian Government Should Go And Rescue This Poor animals Before something Tragic Happens to It!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqclqGcqC1U

Even Nigeria herself is malnourished .

Buhari administration have not made one single improvement since gaining power. We keep achieving negativity since he and his useless team took over. Look at the people that came to save Nigeria.

Lol... let them suffer and die. These are children of the poor and their lives mean nothing.
I swear poor Nigerians are the most docile people on earth. You’re poor, you’re miserable and your life isn’t worth scratch but you wouldn’t come out to fight for your country??

You’d rather burn and kill your fellow poor man than attack those that have budgeted over 5 billion Naira for just cars alone.

I still maintain that I’d rather die than live how most poor Nigerians are living. God bless una Sha. Keep managing!

Hmmmm

Mr presido where are you? come hear this people o

IF YOU HAVE EVER GIVEN BIRTH TO CHILDREN KNOWING YOU CANNOT TAKE GOOD CARE OF, MAY YOU NEVER FIND PEACE BEFORE AND AFTER DEATH

it should be more than that

This is really sad.

We shouldn't blame our government for everything.

Use your common sense, stop giving birth to children you can't afford to take care of.


Use contraceptives!!!

it's when lifeless buhari leave the government that the malnutrition in Nigeria will reduced drastically.

I can imagine the population of adults suffering same.

2.5million acute malnutrition ?.....dont worry I will solve it through "Climate Change"

All from the north,yet they have been running the affair of nigeria since 1960.

And those of us from the south that should look up at them godly and intimidate them are enabling them.

Yeye country.

No oo it's not true FG has awarded contract to to supply every child enough suya. This report is doctored by PDP

Only in d north.

There are not only suffering malnutrition; they have become endangered species.

God have mercy

Pls add the adults to see and let us come to the official conclusion on the suffering that envelope this land

Can we dash the entire north to Niger and Igbo land to Cameron?

What do you expect from a country that has Buhari as president....


Buhari is a disaster

CyberEBOLA:
IF YOU HAVE EVER GIVEN BIRTH TO CHILDREN YOU CANNOT TAKE GOOD CARE OF, MAY YOU NEVER FIND PEACE BEFORE AND AFTER DEATH

U really don't know how tomorrow would be. This may come back to hunt u. I have seen the proud fall and reduced to d ashes. Thank God for his privileges and try to help others and see things from different angles

I have nothing to say

We'll solve it through climate change. Yes ohh
Blame it on the climate. The climates at the helm of affairs

80% of the situation is brought about by stupid parents that could not think, doesn't have any vision and mission in life. one without any stable source of income will marry anyhow woman that doesn't have any kind of background not educated etc and start giving birth non stop as if contraceptives is not accessible. the dullards have no any arrangement nor view of how and what they want their kids will b in some years to come, no future no life.

am not supporting govt in anyway but half of our people are full time illiterates with no good understanding of life and death nor even religion that they are always claiming with eye service all times.

lies from d pit of hell!
wen alof dem dey shop Nigerian rice, wey we dey ovaproduce?!
mouna easy wit d lying na, haba!
anyway, nes levu

While politicians children are well fed with a clean skin living a luxurious lifestyle in high brow areas of Nigeria attending the best schools home and abroad and generally looking so well taken care of the masses children barely eat good food talkless of going to school.

They should keep it up

2.5 million that weren't supposed to be born