Stakeholders in Bauchi State healthcare sector, have underscored the critical role of effective integrated support and supervision of Primary Healthcare Centre’s (PHCs), to enhance service delivery.
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The Nutrition Desk Officer, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) centre in the Bauchi metropolis, Mrs Rahila Umar says no fewer than 40 new cases of malnutrition are reported weekly.
“This aspect of security and environmental protection is key especially the aspect that is impinging on our security, and of course, our biodiversity that is further aggravating the deploration of our environment by charcoal sellers, bush burners, fellers of tree with a lot of impunity and connivance between our forestry officers, local authorities and various levels of leadership. The law is providing for prosecution and it is going to be implemented without let or hindrance.”
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Moji Adeyeye has said the agency has put in place stringent regulatory processes to ensure the safety of food consumed in Nigeria.
The Bauchi State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ahmad Jalam, has lost his life in an auto crash that occurred on Saturday.
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly attempting to sell his five-year-old biological daughter.
The Bauchi State Police Command says it has arrested the prime suspect in the murder of a female police constable, Rifkatu Bappa and six corps members in Giade local government area of the state.
Bauchi State Council on Nutrition is working on modalities for a comprehensive multi-sectoral strategy on nutrition that will help in tackling the problem of malnutrition in the state.
The Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Bauchi State chapter, says 1,825 malnourished children recovered from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) between May and November 2023 in the state.
The police has arrested a 23-year-old garden egg seller, Sanusi Umar, in Bauchi State for allegedly sodomising a mentally disabled 10-year-old boy.