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• 06 Mar, 2026

The National Council on Nutrition (NCN) chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a Nutrition Financing Subcommittee to develop a funding structure to finance Nigeria's nutrition interventions. This is just as the Vice President has called for ring-fencing nutrition financing in order to bridge the gap between promises made and lives changed, saying the National Nutrition Bill should be pursued with urgency. The committee constituted on Thursday during a meeting of the NCN held virtually is expected to come up with a financing roadmap within 30 days and present the document to the National Council on Nutrition (NCN) and the National Economic Council (NEC) for review and final adoption, media aide to the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, said in a statement. Members of the sub-committee chaired by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, included the Ministers of Education, Water Resources, Women Affairs, and Science and Technology, as well as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, while the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning will serve as the Secretariat. Chairman of the Council, Vice President Shettima, also directed the involvement of development partners and private investors in the committee, including the Aliko Dangote Foundation. Disclosing the outcome of the meeting, VP Shettima said, "Council recognizes the importance of establishing a strong legal and institutional framework to sustain coordination, financing, and accountability across sectors. Council therefore resolves that the National Nutrition Bill should be pursued with urgency. "The Ad-hoc Technical Committee will continue its work and will be co-chaired by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, reflecting the central role of both financing and food systems in improving nutrition outcomes." The NCN, according to the VP, also resolved that "budget allocations must be matched with timely releases and effective utilization," even as "Ministries, Departments, and Agencies must ensure that approved funds for nutrition-related programmes are released and implemented accordingly. Acknowledging the strategic importance of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) 2.0 Project in addressing urgent service delivery gaps in high-burden states, Senator Shettima, on behalf of the Council, encouraged state governors "to fast-track the necessary actions at the state level to ensure timely implementation and effective utilization of the available resources. Source: https://peoplesdailyng.com/ncn-sets-up-committee-to-develop-funding-structure-for-nigerias-nutrition-interventions/