Sultan, Kukah Leaders Advocate New Policies For Pregnant Women, others

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, have advocated for new policies to boost the well-being of pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children in the country and tackle malnutrition.

They stated this in separate remarks on Friday in Abuja at stakeholders’ meetings organized by the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development (SFPD) and The Kukah Centre (TKC), in partnership with the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project of the World Bank.

The dialogue sessions with the theme, ‘Faith Influencers Leading the Way: Transforming Nutrition for a Healthier Nigeria’ were held with religious leaders to address the critical issue of malnutrition in Nigeria.
The Senior Programme Officer of Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development (SFPD), Mallam Haruna Yusuf Aliyu, said “It is important for Nigerians to be committed to collaboratively improve nutrition outcomes in Nigeria”.