The National Economic Council (NEC) has launched the Nutrition 774 Initiative

The National Economic Council (NEC) has launched the Nutrition 774 Initiative aimed at ensuring that all mothers and children have access to lifesaving nutrition interventions.

Vice President Kashim Shettima, who inaugurated the initiative at the 148th NEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, called on governors, ministers, local government chairmen, and private sector stakeholders to take urgent and decisive action to improve Nigeria’s nutrition indicators.

According to him, the consequences of malnutrition transcend the health sector, forming the foundation of the calamities that limit productivity, learning and the nation’s growth.

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