Wife of Anambra State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo has reiterated that part of the goals of her healthy living project is to champion strategic nutrition campaign that will tackle growing malnutrition and under nutrition among children and women in the state and the nation in general. The governor’s wife stated this when members of Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) Anambra State Chapter, visited and lauded her nutrition promotion campaign at the Governor’s Lodge, Awawbia, Awka the state capital.
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Addressing the group, Mrs Soludo pointed out that most of the common causes of household sicknesses and deaths are as a result of wrong food choices, with most consumers misinterpreting the overall essence of food.
She said that to correct the ugly trend, all hands must be on deck, explaining that people have to be taught in clear details the efficacy of healthy foods.
Mrs Soludo disclosed that the reason nutrition comes first on the healthy living pillars is because of how important it is to life and kicking out diseases, and promised to partner with the nutritionist and dieticians to achieve the target of eradicating growing malnutrition in the state.
The governor’s wife further decried the ravage of deadly diseases in children, and cautioned mothers to capitalize on the nutritional values of vegetables and purely organic food products.
Earlier in her remarks, the President of Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Anambra State Chapter, Dr Justina Okoli, appreciated Mrs Soludo for her nutrition promotion campaign. She emphasized that the association has been keeping tabs on the healthy living activities of the governor’s wife, and how she is systemically pushing her nutrition campaign in the state.
She noted that NSN is open to collaborating with the governor’s wife NGO on achieving related goals, explaining that the project will also require the services of technocrats in the field of nutrition to assist on insights and sustainable components.
The Nutrition Society of Nigeria is the only and largest gathering of stakeholders in nutrition in Nigeria. The professional and non-governmental association was founded in 1963 at the University of Ibadan. Amongst its laudable aims is to promote and foster the study and practice of nutrition in its widest sense.
