Group harps on rights to food for Nigerians

The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, (CS-SUNN), has called for proper implementation of the National Food and Nutrition Policy and National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition to ensure all Nigerians have Right to Food.
The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of CS-SUNN Mrs Jayne Arinze-Egemonye, stated this during a 5-Day capacity building of Civil Society Organizations CSOs, Community Base Organizations CBOs and Media on BMS Code, Right to Food, Maternity Protection and Food fortification training held in Kaduna.
In her presentation titled “ Understanding the Nigerian Policy Landscape for Right of Food,” she said despite the country been signatory to many conventions on the Right of Food Malnutrition is still widespread in the entire country and rural areas.