The Zamfara State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, in collaboration with UNICEF, has in a one-day monthly coordination meeting signed an agreement towards achieving implementation of the Child Protection Programme in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Dr. Habib Yalwa, who represented the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr. Aisha Mz Anka, in a welcome…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed worry over the deteriorating situation of sanitation in the country. Speaking during a UNICEF Zonal Meeting Dialogue on 2024 World Toilet Day, with the theme “Toilets: A Place for Peace”, the Officer-in-Charge of the UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Dr. Olusoji Akinleye lamented that over 95 million people…
Women have been adviced against delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, said this during a Media Dialogue to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) in Gombe state. Olosunde, presenting a paper…
Kwara state government has emerged UNICEF winner on immunisation coverage in the North Central zone with a cash prize of $500,000. The deputy governor, who said that the award, won by the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, was given through the UNICEF mechanism method, added that the money was domiciled with the UNICEF to…
Kaduna state government has received in audience a high powered delegation from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria led by the Deputy Country Representative, Dr. Rownak Khan. The meeting reviewed the implementation of the partnership between Kaduna State Government and UNICEF in the areas of maternal and child mortality, out-of-school children, poverty alleviation, amongst…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, chief of field office, Enugu, Juliet Chiluwe, has urged the various governments, stakeholders and communities under her jurisdiction to take ownership of projects executed in their areas. Juliet, while speaking at the 2023 end – of- year review meeting for the four states of Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo,…
