In a country where national ambitions have long struggled to survive the journey from capital to community, Vice President Kashim Shettima summoned Nigeria's local government leaders to take ownership of the Nutrition 774 Initiative — a program designed to confront malnutrition not through proclamation, but through the unglamorous work of functional committees in all 774 councils. The message was both a directive and a philosophical reckoning: proximity to the people is only an advantage when it is exercised. The fate of Nigerian children, he argued, will be decided not in Abuja, but in the sp
Shettima Calls on Local Governments to Lead Nigeria's Fight Against Malnutrition
Malnutrition affecting Nigerian children constrains their life opportunities and development outcomes, particularly in underserved communities.