| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - The six geopolitical zones: North East, North West, North central, South West, South East, South South | The six geopolitical … |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Find out more |
Commitment description
IMPACT
i. To reduce stunting prevalence in children from the current 37% to 25% by 2025.
Policy
POLICY
ii. To integrate and prioritize nutrition in the Medium- Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF-FSP) by 2022.
PROGRAMMATIC
iii. Develop regular annual priority actions for the National multisectoral plan of action on food and Nutrition and ensure implementation till 2025
FINANCIAL
iv. Nigeria has committed to the implementation of the World Bank assisted multisectoral Accelerating Nutrition Results (ANRIN) project through a $232 million credit Facility. This is to increase the utilization of quality, cost effective nutrition services for pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and children under five years by 2023.
v. Nigeria has created a budget line for nutrition in the Federal Ministry of Health. Since 2017, we have committed a total of USD 5 million for the procurement of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for the treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition. We shall sustain this commitment till 2023.
Commitment goals
To reduce stunting prevalence in children from the current 37% to 25% by 2025.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: High
To integrate and prioritize nutrition in the Medium- Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF-FSP) by 2022.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Global Nutrition Targets
Nutrition Action Classification across all goals
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
N4G themes covered by goals
- Food
- Health
- Resilience
- Data
- Financing
Total funding and costs across all goals
| Funders | Federal Government of Nigeria |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Public and private |
| Cost secured | 70% |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and not willing to disclose the amount |
