We Have To Solve Malnutrition Issues, Osinbajo Tells Committee On Food
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Updated December 25, 2020

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has resolved to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the country, thereby setting up an ad-hoc Technical Advisory Group to support the implementation of the 5-year National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition (NMPAN).

The Vice President constituted the technical advisory group earlier in the week when he called a virtual meeting of the National Committee on Food and Nutrition, a week after the National Council on Nutrition adopted the Plan of Action.

Membership of the advisory group is drawn from the Office of the Vice President, Nigerian Governors Forum, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Nutrition Partners Forum, Organised Private sector, Academia/ Research, Scaling Up Nutrition Secretariat at the Federal Ministry of Health ( FMOH), Civil Society groups-and the UN-Nutrition.

Noting the mandate and composition of the team, Prof. Osinbajo said on Tuesday that “the technical advisory group will provide high-level strategic advice and support to the Secretariat of the National Council on Nutrition on the National Policy on Food and Nutrition’s vision and strategy, thereby facilitating nutrition positioning and comparative advantage to enable maximum impact.“

According to the Vice President, “for the next few months, this group composed of select members of the National Council on Nutrition who are heads of major MDAs and agencies will have the following Mandate:

“To provide technical assistance to the NCN and Secretariat, and facilitate inter and intra-agency coordination, supervision and monitoring, and implementation of the National Multi-sectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition.”

Continuing, Prof. Osinbajo noted that the assignment would be executed by, “developing a synthesised work plan for National Multisectoral Plan of Action on Nutrition; identifying and documenting the roles of each sector and MDA, as well as the relationship(s) between these roles and the achievement of nutrition outcomes, based on the NMPAN.”

He added that the group will “work with the newly constituted National Committee on Food and Nutrition to define and train the secretariat on the capacity needs for the development and implementation of nutrition programs and projects as defined by the NMPAN and; develop a comprehensive advocacy, information, and education strategy for the NMPAN”

Stating the significance of the group’s assignment, Prof Osinbajo said “we need more than ever to think holistically if we are to solve the issues of malnutrition, in my opinion, we have embarked on a new era, where collaboration and active engagement of stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN is embedded in our agenda and should propel us forward.”

The National Council on Food and Nutrition chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at its last meeting approved the action plan titled the “National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025” with a target of addressing nutrition and related problems across the country.

This is a good idea because large number of Nigerians are suffering from malnutrition. It will be a success effort If the Technical Advisory can work perfectly well with the NMPAN.

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Loll, always trying to solve food problems while governors create warehouse to dump food for Thier private purpose.

This man should stop beating around the bush, heaven won't fall if your attack the right quarters, I swear Nigerians will love u more.

I believe the technical advisory group will provide high-level strategic advice and support to the Secretariat of the National Council on Nutrition on the National Policy on Food and Nutrition’s vision and strategy, thereby facilitating nutrition positioning and comparative advantage to enable maximum impact.

This man is a disgrace o. Hunger needs a grand design and not throwing money around when inflation is fast rendering the money worthless. This govt is a simp(economically at least).

Health is wealth and it all starts with eating right

This is very good idea but we also need the collaboration and active engagement of stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN .

when nothing dey to talk again

Naturopathic:
This is very good idea but we also need the collaboration and active engagement of stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN .

Govt is playing biological daddy to populace instead of improving the institutions of govt that affect food supply and security, and you are applauding. I pity you. If the. bandits burn all the harvest, will they attack hunger with?

Mum told us how people suffered maltrution during buhari's tenure in the 80s. how people lined up in ques to get basic life necessities and more. how life turned miserable for many, even milk became a luxury. history is repeating itself under the same personified failure.
I blame the lazy, uneducated youths who didn't study their history in secondary school. Even their parents failed to educate. mumu leaders of tomorrow.

EMMAUGOH:
Loll, always trying to solve food problems while governors create warehouse to dump food for Thier private purpose.

This man should stop beating around the bush, heaven won't fall if your attack the right quarters, I swear Nigerians will love u more.

They have no answer for bandits frustrating farmers and have chosen to attack the end result of their incompetence with food sharing and money sharing.

Sometimes, i am always kind of skeptical of these malnutrition story.

The fact is this malnutrition is not a problem in Nigeria.

Many of the poor in our society provide food for majority of us.

They are the small scale farmers of our society.

So how is malnutrition a problem if majority of the poor are farmers and are self sufficient

thebosstrevor1:
Sometimes, i am always kind of skeptical of these malnutrition story.

The fact is this malnutrition is not a problem in Nigeria.

Many of the poor in our society provide food for majority of us.

They are the small scale farmers of our society.

So how is malnutrition a problem if majority of the poor are farmers and are self sufficient

Vote buying strategy is the new development. See how they left Lagos that most hit with Covid and highest tax payers to share palliative in katsina and zamfara saying they are the poorest of the poor.

This is great idea, active engagement and stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN .

Joyce95:
This is great idea, active engagement and stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN .

A better idea will be to move them into IDP camps permanently to allow the whole nation be Ruga for bandits.

CodeTemplar:
Vote buying strategy is the new development. See how they left Lagos that most hit with Covid and highest tax payers to share palliative in katsina and zamfara saying they are the poorest of the poor.

If you have land and grow food, you are not poor.
You might dress poor but your stomach is not empty, majority of people in kastina, zamfara and the country side in Nigeria fall into these categories. Many are self sufficient.

The poor are in urban cities, many of these poor, don't have cash to buy food and they don't have jobs, some dress well but with empty stomach, these are ones that need the palliative

Joyce95:
This is great idea, active engagement and stakeholders to assist with implementing the NMPAN .

A simple 10% on all government revenue will solve so called malnutrition and other problems concerning poverty in Nigeria

Thus osinbande and his group are so lame and useless...

You brought hungar and manultrition to Nigerians and now talking crap.

Apc is indeed a curse