• Procure food supplements for 8,000 malnourished children
Francis Sardauna in Katsina
The Katsina State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have procured 7,000 cartons of Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and other supplementary food worth N400 million to tackle the severe malnutrition bedevilling children in the state.
The UNICEF Country Representative, Cristian Mundauate, who disclosed this Wednesday while handing over the food supplements to the state government in Katsina, said the RUTF will provide life-saving assistance to 8,000 malnourished children under five years in the state.
She said the food supplements were purchased by UNICEF in collaboration with the Katsina State Government through the Child Nutrition Match Fund, as part of the UN agency’s commitment in taming severe malnutrition and other impediments affecting children in the state.
Mundauate said: “Today (Wednesday), we are delivering about…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
