By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Maiduguri, Dr. Gerida Birukila, has launched a song tagged, “No More Zero-Dose” to commemoration the 2024 World Polio Day. The song produced by UNICEF was released on Thursday at a brief event at...
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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s low handwashing rates, with only 17 percent of the population practicing proper handwashing at critical times. Dr Jane Bevan, UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), communicated this during the 2024 Global Handwashing Day event in Abuja, themed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF ) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health and Global Partners including Gavi, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and others procured and donated 669,569 oral cholera vaccine doses to the Borno State Government following the outbreak of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for its immense support in addressing the recent cholera outbreak in the state. The outbreak, which was declared on October 4th, 2024, has affected four local government areas, including MMC,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In response to the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere LGAs, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Borno State Government, Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), and other partners, have launched campaigns for Oral Cholera Vaccination, Measles Vaccination, and Vitamin A supplementation. The UNICEF...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate has sought for collaboration with wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Aliyu to improve birth registration and nutrition issues in the state. Ms Munduate, who spoke on Monday during a courtesy...
The Chief of Field Office for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Borno State, Dr. Tushar Rane, has revealed that 2.8 million children under five, pregnant, and lactating women are in need of preventative nutrition services in the northeast region of Nigeria. “If we don’t provide quality preventative services,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has commended UNICEF for its tireless support and contributions to children in the state. At a multi-stakeholder strategic workshop held at Pinnacle Hotel Banquet Hall in Maiduguri, the Borno State Commissioner of Justice and State Attorney General, Barrister Hauwa Abubakar,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of Borno State Governor, Dr Falmata Zulum, has advocated for the establishment of a comprehensive support framework comprising breastfeeding-friendly healthcare facilities, supportive communities and accommodating workplaces for breast feeding mothers Dr. Zulum also called for the implementation of six (6) months...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has flagged off a 2-day media dialogue on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Boys to increase Retention, Transition and Completion of schools in Sokoto Stating objective of the media dialogue, held at the Pinnacle Hotels, Sokoto,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and the Borno State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement (MRRR) organized a one-day workshop for working journalists in Borno State on the role of the media in social reintegration of repentant Boko Haram terrorists and peacebuilding....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government in collaboration with UNICEF and partners emphasized the critical need for strengthened social protection system to address the pressing issues of poverty. This was contained in a communique jointly endorsed by UNICEF Representative, Ms. Cristian Munduate, Co-lead Social Protection Development...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana, has urged stakeholders in the North-East states to ensure prudent implementation and comprehensive reporting of the Global-sponsored North East States Sector-Wide Approach (SWAP) project. The project, worth $40 billion for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the governments of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, has launched a kickoff workshop for the GPE-AF project aimed at enhancing education and learning for children in North East Nigeria. The UNICEF Acting Chief of...
Benue State Government may use ₦29,271,692 on treatment of malnourished children yearly, if it fails to implement nutrition policies. The Programme Officer, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Mr Ambrose Evnoesor, stated this on Wednesday in Makurdi, during a meeting on implementation of six months Maternity Leave...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an urgent call to action to prevent the spread of cholera in Nigerian schools. With the recent outbreaks of cholera reported in Lagos and other states, UNICEF emphasized the need for extensive measures to safeguard school...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to tackle the pressing issues of desertification and environmental degradation, the Borno State Government has launched an ambitious tree planting campaign aimed at nurturing 10 million seedlings for distribution across the state’s 27 local government areas. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation has distributed dignity kits, science equipment and school furniture to public schools across the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, the Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, commended the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Education Fund ( UNICEF) has trained about 330 school girls in 93 schools across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states of north east region between 2023 and 2024 on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) to enhance cleanliness and environmental sanitation. UNICEF...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) have flagged off the introduction of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunization for females between the age group of 9-14 years across the state especially in all schools and host communities. NATIONAL ACCORD...