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New Nutrition Depts In Several Ministries, Likely To Feature In 2023 Budget – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says nutrition specific budget estimates are likely to be included in the 2023 Appropriation Bill even as efforts by the Federal Government to tackle malnutrition and its attendant challenges are beginning to take shape,IgbereTV reports 

Prof. Osinbajo was speaking Thursday at a virtual meeting of the National Council on Nutrition.

According to the Vice President β€œwe are at a point where we can move the needle especially with the creation of nutrition departments in line ministries and ensuring that we get nutrition on the budget line and it is actually done properly.”

The Council with the approval of the President has now ensured that nutrition departments now exist in several Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Humanitarian Affairs, Women Affairs, Information and Culture, Industry, Trade and Investment, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), among others

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