CS-SUNN: Kaduna needs ₦6.4 billion to treats 96,488 malnourished children

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The Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) says on Tuesday that Kaduna State needs N6.4 billion to treat 96,488 severe acutely malnourished children in the state.

CS-SUNN Coordinator in the state, Ms Jessica Bartholomew made this known in Kaduna, during an advocacy visit to the management of Kaduna State Media Corporation .

Bartholomew explained that children under five years constituted more than two million of the over 10 million estimated population of the state. The coordinator said that of the N6.4 billion required to treat the children, the government had budgeted N2.3 billion in its 2022 budget, leaving a gap of N4.1 billion, representing 64 per cent deficit.

 

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