Nigeria: 3.7 Million North-East Children Malnourished – FAO

Children numbering 3.7 million in North-eastern Nigeria are malnourished, suffering from stunting, wasting or anemia.

This was according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Northeast Nutrition Sector Coordinator, John Mukisa.

The development has worried stakeholders with the Borno State government, in collaboration with the FAO, launching a renewed effort to combat malnutrition by scaling up the production and utilisation of Tom Brown, a locally-made nutrient-dense…