Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) yesterday said no fewer than 2.9 million children suffer from acute severe malnutrition (SAM) in Nigeria.
UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Mrs. Cristian Munduate, who stated this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Tuesday on the sideline of the hand-over ceremony of 40,000 ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) through Child Nutrition Fund to Kwara State Government, however stated that, over 40 percent of children in Kwara state suffered from the menace.