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Tuesday, 26 July 2016 11:51

Aisha Buhari Fights Malnutrition In Borno

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Aisha Buhari 300x225The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Monday took the battle against malnutrition to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, by distributing food items and supplements to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)within the town.

LEADERSHIP recalled that Malnutrition, which was reported to have killed scores of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno State in the last two months, has attracted both national and international attention to Borno State, which at the peak of the Boko Haram crisis, had 22 of its 27 local government under the captivity of the insurgents.

The wife of the president, who was represented by the wife of Borno State Governor, Hajiya Nana Shettima, at the distribution exercise, said, “it is time for everyone in the country to get involved in the fight against malnutrition, in order to prevent any more death. “Everybody should get involved to prevent the death of our children from malnutrition, and this they must do now.”

She added that with the active involvement of everyone, the battle to put a stop to the death, through malnutrition among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) would be achieved. “Collective efforts of all well-meaning Nigerians, will ensure that no child at IDP camps, as well as other parts of the country lack good diet,” Shettima said.

She noted that the distribution of food items to 1,500 families within the host community was the first after about 4,000 IDPs were impacted during the last Ramadan.

Source:Leadership Online

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