Kano State Government would work closely with Nutrition and Food Safety Department under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development to domesticate Nutrition Strategy Document aimed at tackling the issue of malnutrition in the State.

The Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari had recently developed and launched Agric-sector food security and Nutrition Strategic Document to address the menace of malnutrition in Nigeria.

Receiving a team of advocacy visit on the Strategic Document from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said there is no better time to domesticate this document than now as the State embarks on its free feeding as well as free and compulsory basic and secondary education programmes. " This is the best time when the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari embarks on School Feeding from Primary 1-3 Pupils and Kano State Government enhances the programme to Primary 4-6 and commenced its policy on free and compulsory basic and secondary education " he pointed out.
Ganduje represented by his Deputy Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna noted that the aspect of Nutrition starts from childhood, stressing that this is where Kano State keys in as the Strategic Document would capture most of the Children under its free feeding programme. " the enrollment figure of our Pupils has already shooted up now. One because of free, secondly because of the feeding aspect and thirdly because of the compulsory nature of the programme. So, we will use all that we need on this document so that we can be able to handle the issue of malnutrition " Ganduje assured.
He said in domesticating the document, an emergency committee is going to be set up which involves representatives of the State and Federal Ministry of Agriculture, representative of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, representative food and Nutrition Association of Nigeria, representative of Kano Ministry of Health and that of Women affairs among others...