Lagos govt sensitises orphanage operators to nutrition policy

The Lagos State Authorities has sensitised operators of personal properties and orphanages within the state to the necessity to adjust to the state’s meals and diet coverage.

In line with a press release made accessible to journalists on Monday, the Everlasting Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Social Improvement, Dr Olugbenga Aina, made this name throughout a two-day capacity-building programme for operators of personal properties/orphanages in Ikeja.

He mentioned, “The workshop was designed to reinforce the data of the non-public homeowners of orphanages whereas incorporating diet schooling into formal and casual coaching as a result of it’s important that members embrace worldwide finest practices within the discharge of their duties to satisfy the requirements laid down by the state authorities.

“The initiative will even make the lives of weak youngsters beneath their care significant and productive. The Lagos State Authorities had dedicated to the discount of starvation and malnutrition within the state by the domestication of the state coverage on meals and diet in 2019, which cascaded via a strong plan of motion geared in the direction of actualising the imaginative and prescient of constructing the state Africa’s mannequin good metropolis.

On her half, the Director of Youngster Improvement within the ministry, Mrs Bukayo Odukayo, famous that the state authorities would proceed to work in collaboration with all related stakeholders to make Lagos protected for all youngsters.

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