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According to the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Specialist, Walton Beckley, UNICEF has trained 24 health workers in Borno, on measures to prevent malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Beckley explained that the training was to teach mothers and caregivers ways to utilise their meagre resources to provide adequate nutrition for the children.
The World Bank has approved a $200 million loan to Nigeria to support the government’s effort to boost small and mid-scale farmers.
The loan from the International Development Association, the Bank’s low-interest arm, has a maturity of 25 years with a grace period of five years.
According to the Bank,
“Priority value chains will include products with potential for immediate improvement of food security, products with a potential for export and foreign currency earnings.
The funds will help tackle low yields, lack of seed capital to set up agro-factories, low-level adoption of technology and limited access to markets.
The Department for International Development (DFID) and Maternal and Neonatal Child Health 2 (MNCH2) have delivered hospital equipment worth 70 million Naira to Yobe state Government.
Delivering the equipment, the team leader Zanna Ali, he remarked,