From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger state government has urged Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to proffer options for prompt interventions through policy and programs indicated in the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) reports.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello gave the directive during the presentation of the MICS report at the Sensitization and Dissemination of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) by the State Ministry of Planning Commission in partnership with the UNICEF Kaduna Field Office held in Minna.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane expressed concern over areas not doing well like open defecation, water and sanitation, maternal and mortality and out -of -school children.
Matane noted that “data is a reflection of who or where you are which must be adopted to ensure interventions, hence the need for embarking on sensitization and dissemination.
United Nations Children Fund UNICEF, has revealed that over 60% of children in Niger state were multi dimensionally poor and 10% of mothers practice exclusive breastfeeding in the state.
The Chief of UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, Donald Norris represented by a medical expert, Dr Idris Baba stated that MICS data indicated that the learning achievement situation in the state has improved while urging the state government to tackle the situation.
