By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Governor Ahmad Aliyu has assured the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) of his administration’s determination to key into the children’s nutrition funds in the interest of children in the state.
He was speaking when he received the UNICEF’s Country Representative, Christien Muduate on a courtesy call in Government House, Sokoto.
Press Secretary to the governor on Media and Publicity, Abubakar Bawa, in a statement sent to our correspondent said the involvement of the state government in the nutrition funds is geared towards ensuring that children in the state derive maximum benefit from the funds.
“I assure you in, a couple of weeks, we will make funds available for the nutrition funds”, he promised.
While commending the UNICEF for its various intervention programmes on children such as protecting the rights of children and preventing the spread of diseases, Gov. Aliyu restated his administration’s commitment towards investing on issues affecting children in the state.
He added that the present administration has introduced several programmes to cater for the needs of the children in the areas of healthcare delivery and education, among others.
Earlier, Muduate extolled Governor Aliyu’s efforts in the areas of education, healthcare delivery as well the interest he has shown on children’s nutrition.
According to her, the unwavering commitment exhibited by Governor Aliyu on children’s nutrition would go a long way in ensuring that more children benefit from the programme across the state.
She further solicited for stronger partnership with the state government in the overall interest of the state.
The courtesy call later went into a closed-door session.
