Hello! And welcome to your programme “KURA-BARI” on Radio Ndarason International broadcasting from N’Djamena the republic of Chad. Our today’s topic is on “Malnutrition at IDP Camps in the northeast, Nigeria”
• An estimated 440,000 children in three northeast states of Nigeria are at risk of malnutrition and require urgent humanitarian support. UNICEF raises alarm over acute malnutrition in NE Nigeria.
• Breakdown of figure for 2019 indicated that 11 percent of children in Borno suffer severe Acute Malnutrition, 13 percent in Yobe and six percent in Adamawa.
INTERVIEW: Borno State Commissioner for Health on the same issue.
GUESTS:
1- Ibrahim Ummate: Head of Department Food Science and Technology Ramat Polytechnic.
2- Adum Ahmed: Nutrition Officer UNICE
3- Dr Aliyu Shettima: Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency