Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the Strategic Board of the Nutrition 774 Initiative, describing it as a decisive step by the President Bola Tinubu administration to address the malnutrition crisis threatening lives and development across Nigeria.
According to him, the new board is a war room assembled to win the battle against malnutrition in every corner of the country.
Speaking during the inauguration of the board at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, Shettima in a statement by his media aide, Stanley Nkwocha,said malnutrition was a national emergency that posed both health and security threats to Nigeria and required immediate, coordinated action across all 774 local government areas.
“This strategic board is not a ceremonial committee; it is a war room, assembled to win the battle against malnutrition in every corner of this country,” the vice president said.
Urging members of the board to treat their appointment as a call to urgent national duty, Senator Shettima said, “This is not a tea-drinking exercise. This is a national call to duty. A race against time. A mission to save lives and safeguard our future.
We are counting on our state governors to drive implementation at scale, and on our local government chairmen who, being closest to the people, hold the keys to reaching the grassroots.”
He said the Nutrition 774 Initiative was the administration’s “bold answer to a quiet emergency” that affects homes, schools, hospitals, and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps across the country.
