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Osinbajo bags ‘National Nutrition Vanguard’ award

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was presented with the “National Nutrition Vanguard” award by the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) during a brief ceremony conducted at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The award was in recognition of the vice president’s outstanding and immense “contribution to national development and particularly nutrition development in Nigeria.Information Guide Nigeria


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Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, former Kano State Deputy Governor and a member of the NSN Board of Trustees, who read the citation, said Osinbajo had contributed immensely in Nigeria’s nutrition space.

“Your Excellency, under your leadership as the Chairman of the National Nutrition Council(NCS), the council has provided the purposeful direction in the nutrition landscape in the country as well as increase the visibility of the council in national development.”

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Abubakar listed major achievements recorded in the food systems space under the vice president’s leadership.

“Approval of the National Multisectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) in Nigeria by the Federal Executive Council

“High level support for the Nigeria Food System Dialogue leading to the development of a food system transformation pathways

“The approval for the establishment of nutrition departments in all relevant MDAs

“High level engagement of the Nigeria Governors Forum for increase in funding for nutrition at State level

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Creation of the Technical Advisory Group for the support and guided implementation of NCN decisions.

“Improvement in the funding for nutrition activities both at Federal and State levels, among others,” he said.

Prof. Wasiu Afolabi, the president of NSN, provided an update on the society’s operations throughout the years and currently under his direction.

Afolabi stated that the society is now assisting the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs with the operation of the school feeding programme, particularly by improving the quality of meals supplied under the programme.

Osinbajo, in accepting the prize, spoke about the Federal Government’s commitment to enhancing nutrition and security.

“We decided as a government to do a lot more work in the area of nutrition and one of the major issues for us was the consideration that, the most important task for government was the security of lives and property of the citizens.

” Security, of course, in terms of physical security but perhaps more, in terms of lives and livelihoods, because really what is the point of providing any physical security for somebody who dies of hunger or who is about to die of hunger.

“So, I think, for us this was so important that we should dedicate time and attention to food security and of course, nutrition.

“Our work on Human Capital Development which we have done through the National Economic Council and our work in the area of nutrition, through the National Council on Nutrition, is one that we think, we have developed synergy and it is very important that we maintain that synergy.

“It speaks to our responsibility to the country and our responsibility to the people.”

He praised NSN for the honour and dedicated the prize to all nutrition and food systems stakeholders.

Osinbajo stated that he did not anticipate receiving the prize because much of what he had accomplished was in the process of doing the duties for which he was elected.

He praised the NSN for its tenacity and contributions to the development of Nigeria’s food systems throughout the years.

“But I deeply appreciate this award and I also dedicate the award to all of us including yourself, all of us who worked diligently but silently in the nutrition and food systems space, who are hardly ever acknowledged or hardly ever noticed.

“If we did not have the NSN, we would not have made the advancement or achievements that we have made. It is your advocacy over the years that has led to the point where government could not ignore the nutrition space at all.”

The vice president asked the society to broaden its scope of collaboration with the government to cover more areas, mentioning the Homegrown School Feeding Programme as an example of a continuous engagement with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and  ial Development.JAMB Result

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