A nutritionist with United Nation Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), Mrs. Ada Ezeogu has charged Osun State Government to include early
child care in its school feeding programe to address the problem of
malnutrition among children in the state.
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| Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbessola |
Ezeogu who disclosed that 195,245 children below 5 years are
stunted in the state as a result of malnutrition, charged the state government
to pay attention to early child care that would cover children below 3 years in
addition to its school feeding programme in the state.
Fielding questions from newsmen during a media dialogue held
in Osogbo with the theme: “Good Nutrition, Invest More”, said 21.8 per-cent of
children in Osun are stunted and that the situation could improve if the early
child care is included in the school feeding programe.