Abeg, my people! E be like say Nasarawa State don wake up proper on top di mata of malnutrition wey dey hurl dem for neck.
Federal Government don join body wit International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as dem carry serious discussion come Lafia. Di main gist na how dem fit tackle di wahala wey malnutrition dey cause for some rural communities.
Dr Eunice Adgidzi, wey be di State Programme Coordinator of di FGN/IFAD Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), talk say dem don see better improvement since di programme start. Na dem dey teach farmers how to plant and manage their crops well. Farmers dey smile now, as their lives don change for di better.
Hon. Peter Akwe, wey be di Chairman of Standing Committee on Agriculture, dey run things too, as dem prepare policy wey go fit sustain di good work wey VCDP don start. Adgidzi no forget talk say she dey appreciate all di farmers wey dey gree come for di meeting; dem really dey try!
Keziah Waziri wey dey incharge of Nutrition for di Ministry of Agriculture, don yan say dem go hold tight to di VCDP model, make e no scatter when di time reach for dem to wind down dis year.
And no be only dem, Abdullahi Ismaila, wey represent di Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, don show say dem go carry di work on top nutrition well well, as all dem efforts dey align wit di state’s five-year plan to end dis malnutrition wahala.
Indeed, di people of Nasarawa dey see light for di end of di tunnel, as dem dey ready to go all out to ensure every paddy man and woman fit chop better food wey get correct nutrients. Na just di beginning, and we go dey watch as tins go unfold.
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