Vice President Kashim Shettima raised concerns about Nigeria's nutrition crisis, stating that it poses a serious threat to the country's human capital. Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Health and Focal Person on Nutrition, Mrs Uju Rochas-Anwukah, at the 56th Annual Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria in Lagos, he cited data showing that 41.1 per cent of children under five are stunted, with the figure rising to 58.2 per cent in the North-West. He also disclosed that only six per cent of pregnant women completed at least 180 days of iron-containing supplementation in 2024, against a national target of 70 per cent by 2035. Experts at the event, themed 'Delivering Better Nutrition for All: Connecting the Dots Across Life Cycle, Systems and Sectors,' called for urgent and coordinated action.
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