New Telegraph 
The Federal Government has said that more than four million children in the North East and North West regions are malnourished.
The Director of the Nutrition Department in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ladidi BakoAiyebusi, said this on Wednesday at a five-day meeting with nutrition experts and stakeholders in the Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The ministry is holding the meeting in partnership with Civil Society -Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) and other nutrition partners on a strategic advocacy policy for nutrition in Nigeria.
The meeting, which started on Tuesday, will end on Saturday. Bako-Aiyebusi said the meeting was called for policy directions to guide integrated result-focus advocacy on nutrition issues in Nigeria.
She said: “The 2021 National Food Consumption and Micro – nutrient Survey report shows that nearly 4.4 million children in the North East and North West are malnourished.
“Identified causes of malnutrition include inadequate access to food, poor food consumption, improper feeding and caring practices, economic and political structures, low economic status, inadequate health-seeking behaviours and low level of education among the populace.”
