Nigeria allocates N4bn to fight malnutrition in North- East .

 The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, has disclosed the amount of money the government has approved fight malnutrition in Nigeria – The minister said the federal government had inaugurated a presidential task force for the northeast to address critical areas of need in the sub-region – He warned the states benefiting from the project, not to convert the SOML-P4R funds into their various states budget for health but see it as an addition to what they may have budget for healthcare Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp Nigeria approves N4 billion to fight malnutrition in northeast – Profrssor Isaac Adewole The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, said that Nigeria has approved N4 billion to fight malnutrition in the northeast zone of Nigeria, Premium Times reports. Speaking in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday, October 20, the minister said the funds approved for this project will specifically be used for malnutrition in the northeast and other affected regions. During a zonal roundtable for officials of states primary health care development agencies (PHCDA), he spoke on the flagging off of Saving One Million lives Program for Results (SOML-P4R). The SOML-P4R is an initiative of the federal government, as part of its effort to improve maternal and child healthcare through a result-based partnership with states’ ministries of health. READ ALSO: FG raises alarm over new cases of polio in Nigeria The minister said the federal government had inaugurated a presidential task force for the northeast to address critical areas of need in the sub-region. The force to be headed by the minister of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma, will focus on water, environment, health and nutrition. “In six months, we want to restore sanity in these four sectors,” said the health minister. “I want to tell you that each sector is chaired by a minister.