Three states, Kebbi, Kaduna and Bauchi in Northern Nigeria will benefit from the $10.7m Canadian Nutrition Project.
The project, a Global Affairs Canada five-year initiative, aims to improve the health and nutrition status of women, adolescents, and children in the benefiting states.
Chief Field Officer of the UNICEF Field Office, Sokoto, Mr Michael Juma, revealed this yesterday at a two-day state engagement meeting in Birnin Kebbi.
Michael Juma said the project would be executed through UNICEF to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Kebbi and other benefiting states.
The health manager of the Global Affairs Canada Initiative, Martins Dolhsten, said the $10.7m would be expanded for five years in the three states of Kebbi, Kaduna, and Bauchi.
Kebbi State commissioner of health, Comrade Ismail Yunusa Yauri, commended the Global Affairs Initiative and UNICEF for choosing Kebbi State to participate in the project and hosted the meeting.
He warned the participants to be careful when choosing an action plan.