The World Bank has approved a $50 million fund to address Nigeria’s urgent nutrition challenges under the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project 2.0.
The announcement was made by Ndiame Diop, the World Bank’s Country Director, during a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The ANRiN Project 2.0 falls within the World Bank’s crisis response framework and aims to improve nutritional outcomes for vulnerable communities across Nigeria.
“It is important to see Nigeria’s government’s ongoing financing for nutrition, the bank has earmarked $50 million under ANRiN 2.0 programme which is a crisis response window,” said Diop.
Also, Trina Haque, the World Bank’s Practice Manager for Health, Nutrition, and Population, said there is a need for nutrition education for children and adolescents, stating that it is important for early child development.
She urged for broader implementation of educational initiatives to combat…