By leveraging partnership with the Budget Office of the Federation, the ANRiN Project and its partners hope to build a more sustainable and well-funded nutrition ecosystem, ensuring that nutrition interventions reach the most vulnerable populations
SPECIAL REPORT: Antimicrobial resistance crisis heightens in Nigeria, other countriesNigeria and the scramble for Africa 2.0, By Dakuku PetersideSPECIAL REPORT: Antimicrobial resistance crisis heightens in Nigeria, other countriesNigeria and the scramble for Africa 2.0, By Dakuku Petersideunder the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria Project, has made a significant advocacy push towards ensuring the prioritization of nutrition interventions in Nigeria’s upcoming 2025 national budget.
During the visit, the committee emphasized the need for evidence-based nutrition interventions to be prioritized in the 2025 budgets of relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies and for the nutrition budget envelope to be expanded to meet Nigeria’s growing needs. Furthermore, the visit reiterated that tagging nutrition budgets by MDAs using the national adopted nutrition budget tagging framework would foster nutrition resource tracking viz-a-viz appropriation, releases and implementation.
The advocacy visit and ongoing engagements on nutrition financing underscore the commitment of key stakeholders to address the growing concerns of food security and malnutrition in Nigeria.
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