Ms Suleiman said her family relied on home deliveries due to financial constraints and cultural beliefs.
Enugu and Benue are set to benefit from a U.S.-funded nutrition intervention grant, supported by the UNICEF, to combat malnutrition.
Benue’s nutrition officer disclosed that 699,554 children, representing 51 per cent, were anaemic in the state.
This was disclosed on Thursday at the opening of a two-day joint quarterly Social Protection Technical Working Groups meeting organised in Kaduna.
The National Population Commission has said it registered over 36,000 births in Kano in nine months of deploying its electronic birth registration system.
UNICEF says around 22.9 million people in Afghanistan, including 12 million children, nearly half of the population, require humanitarian assistance.
Ms Abdul said the initiative is designed to strengthen governance systems, structures, policies, and programmes that directly impact children.
The chief of UNICEF, Bauchi field office, Nuzhat Rafique, urged the contractors to carry out their assignments with honesty, dedication, and professionalism.
The Osun government called for more awareness among adolescents about the spread and prevention of HIV and AIDS.
The campaign targets 832,427 children for polio vaccination.
