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UNICEF Donates 47 Million Naira to Sokoto State for Sanitation and Hygiene

The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has donated 47 million Naira to the Sokoto State Government to boost sanitation and hygiene towards supporting the WASH programme in the State.

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Mr. Mohammed Mohiuddin, the Chief of the Field Office, Sokoto, announced the donation during a sensitisation programme for traditional leaders and local government councils’ chairmen on Friday in Sokoto.

Mr. Mohammed Mohiuddin explained that the donation entailed provision of technical assistance through procurement, contract, management, implementation and monitoring of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in rural areas.

According to him, the aim is to work with government in accelerating access to water and sanitation for all people in the state.

Mohiuddin advised the state government to scale up the WASH model interventions to cover other local governments through increased funding.

UNICEF Trains 24 Health Workers on Malnutrition

According to the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Specialist, Walton Beckley, UNICEF has trained 24 health workers in Borno, on measures to prevent malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.

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Beckley explained that the training was to teach mothers and caregivers ways to utilise their meagre resources to provide adequate nutrition for the children.

He said also that the objective was to sensitise health workers in IDPs camps so they in turn could use the information to educate mothers on how to prevent malnutrition in their children or wards.