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Nigerian governors plan national fund for nutrition programmes
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum says it will establish a National Nutrition Intervention Fund to support the Nutrition 774 Initiative across the country’s 774 local government areas.
The forum represents the governors of Nigeria’s 36 states.
The proposed fund is intended to encourage states to invest more in nutrition, carry out programmes effectively and track results.
The governors made the commitment after a three-day exchange in Ethiopia, where a Nigerian delegation studied that country’s nutrition programmes.
Nigeria’s three levels of government had already signed a Nutrition Compact in February 2025 to coordinate efforts against malnutrition.
Separately, federal agencies plan to begin targeted nutrition work in two states, chosen based on their levels of child stunting.
The governments involved are expected to agree on funding, responsibilities and measures to track progress.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum plans to establish a National Nutrition Intervention Fund for the Nutrition 774 Initiative.
The initiative aims to reach all 774 local government areas in Nigeria.
The governors say the fund will encourage state investment and support measurable improvements in nutrition.
The plan followed a three-day Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange.
Federal agencies also plan targeted nutrition interventions in two states.
- Who
- The Nigeria Governors’ Forum and federal agencies.
- What
- Governors plan a national fund to support nutrition programmes. Federal agencies plan targeted interventions in two states.
- When
- The plan was announced in a statement reported on 11 October 2026. The Nutrition Compact was signed on 20 February 2025.
- Where
- Nigeria; the governors’ commitment was read in Ethiopia.
- Why
- To support the Nutrition 774 Initiative, increase domestic investment and improve nutrition outcomes.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This massive mobilisation will establish a powerful National Nutrition Intervention Fund to instantly advance Nigeria’s ambitious Nutrition 774 Initiative across every single local government area in Nigeria.
We are encouraged that Nigeria’s N774 Initiative already embodies many of the principles we have seen here in Ethiopia.
We will track very rigorously progress in the execution of the plan.
The three tiers of government signed the Nutrition Compact to establish a shared commitment to tackling malnutrition.
The Nigerian delegation studied Ethiopia’s experience in nutrition delivery during the Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange.
Governor Dauda Lawal read the NGF-Addis Ababa Commitment on Nutrition, which included the plan for a national fund.
- Fund
- National Nutrition Intervention Fund
- Programme
- Nutrition 774 Initiative
- Coverage
- 774 local government areas
- Federal interventions
- Two states
- Compact signing
- 20 February 2025
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