Nigeria: Malnutrition costs Nigeria over $1.5bn annually – Reps member

The Chairman of the House Committee on Food and Nutrition, Hon Chike Okafor, on Wednesday raised concern that malnutrition in Nigeria is costing the country about $1.5 billion annually.

This came as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Mrs Uju Anwukah, revealed that Nigeria currently ranks second globally and first in Africa on the malnutrition index.

The two officials made the disclosures in Abuja during the ongoing National Summit on Nutrition and Food Security…