Jigawa First Lady raises alarm over alleged diversion of therapeutic food for malnourished children

The Jigawa State First Lady, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi, has raised interest implicit the expanding diversion and merchantability of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) meant for the attraction of severely malnourished children successful the state.
She made the reflection portion receiving the Jigawa State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Ahmad Tijjani Ibrahim, during a courtesy sojourn astatine the Government House successful Dutse.

Mrs. Namadi explained that the RUTF is simply a captious aesculapian nutrition supplied by the authorities authorities and improvement partners to dainty children suffering from terrible acute malnutrition.

According to her, the merchandise meant to prevention susceptible children is being diverted and sold successful markets, shops and adjacent successful homes.

She stressed that the therapeutic nutrient is not an mean repast but a lifesaving aesculapian involution that indispensable stay escaped and disposable for children who urgently request it.

The First Lady truthful called connected mothers, assemblage leaders and different stakeholders to articulation efforts to extremity the amerciable diversion and merchantability of the commodity.

She urged residents to study anyone progressive successful the practice, saying that specified actions could deprive malnourished children of the attraction required to prevention their lives.

Hajiya Namadi besides warned that continued diversion of the merchandise could discourage improvement partners f...