UNICEF said children encountered during military operations should be treated primarily as victims requiring protection rather than as security threats.
Ms Adamu noted that malnutrition prevalence in Yobe fell to about eight per cent in 2022 before rising to 10.9 per cent in 2023.
He said many children in the state faced significant barriers in accessing quality education.
The week-long event aims to raise awareness on issues affecting the health and well-being of adolescents.
Governor Abba Yusuf said the exercise aimed to curb the spread of the virus and protect children from the life-threatening disease.
He revealed that North-West has the second highest number of out-of-schools in Nigeria.
The drug company’s decision will affect around 1.5 million teenage girls in Africa who, as a result, will lose their chance to avoid cervical cancer in the near future.
Meanwhile, children’s parents in the strip have either been killed, injured or have had to move elsewhere, UNICEF spokesman for the region Jonathan Crickx said.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that only 36 per cent of Nigerian children attend Early Childhood Education (ECE).
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that due to the climate disaster, 10 per cent of all children under five are affected by severe malnutrition.
