The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has described as very unfortunate, the situation in Nigeria where child poverty, food insecurity are becoming higher with the number of malnourished children increasing.
The assertion was made by the Chief of Field (CFO), UNICEF Bauchi Field Office (BFO), Dr Nuzhat Rafique during a meeting between the Government of Gombe State and UNICEF held in Gombe with the aim of applying a wholistic approach in implementing issues of child development for the State in 2025.
She said, “this review meeting we are holding now with the Gombe partners is about health; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; and child protection. It tells a lot of stories about the poor state of children.”
The CFO added that “I highly appreciate Gombe State, they have already contributed towards the nutrition funding in Gombe and UNICEF is working with those partners and we’re trying to work on the nutrition status of children, but Gombe State…