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The Chairman CRS Carnival Commission Dr. Gab Onah has expressed the readiness of the commission to make Nutrition a viable component of their action plans going forward through advocacy with relevant stakeholders given the mutual benefits proper planning and development of the sector can bring to the human family in general.
The chairman stated this during advocacy visit to his office at West Africa Fabrication Academy building Calabar by members of the State Committee on Food and Nutrition.
The chairman informed that CR-Carnival Commission is seriously involved in research on all aspects of it's Programmes or activities of the commission in relations to why people want to visit Calabar, their age bracket and what the State benefit from their visit while working out modalities to present the Carnival fresh every year.
Speaking on the friendly environment the State is blessed with, Mr Onah expressed mix feelings that a lot of Cross Riverians don't understand and appreciate the good oxygen nature bequet to the State which can not be found commonly.
On the challenges of the time, Mr. Onah affirmed that Youth are not much interested in politics but music, football, Arts and ICT which offers them freedom, high sense of satisfaction and space to express their passions and used the visit to commend the management of the State planning Commission.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary SPC and chairman State Committee on Food Nutrition Mr Kingsley Ndem Eyibio expressed gratitude to the chairman and Management Staff of the State Carnival Commission for granting the team audience despite their tight schedules and called for collaboration between the two commissions to enable them learn more from each for the benefit of the State.
Highlights of the visit was a brief PowerPoint presentation by the State Nutrition Officer Mrs. Nkem Eyong Ubana who navigated the audience through the multidimensional nature of nutrition, immediate causes, underlying and basic causes of malnutrition in children age under 5 and adults. She used the medium to solicit synergy with Carnival Commission for possible Link to private sector players for the purpose of funding Nutrition interventions as Government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility.
while stating in clear terms some key challenges in the sector to include few partners supporting Nutrition activities or programme and few professionals hands.
Other highlights was questions and from Staff of the Carnival Commission, while Mr James Bullem Commission member 2 and Head of Planning Research and Statistics and Barr. Oyama Ndifon expressed satisfaction on the answers elicited from their questions.
In attendance were the State Statistician General Dr. Josephat Ogar and all members of the State Committee on Food and Nutrition.
In a related development, the State Committee on Food and Nutrition also visited the World Health Organization Cross River State Office at State housing estate Calabar still on advocacy visit where the W.H.O. State Coordinator Dr. Mrs. Rebecca Yewande Olatunde expressed the willingness W.H.O. to support SCFN efforts through policy and manpower development after listening to presentation made by the State Nutrition Officer Mrs. Nkem Eyong Ubana. While in attendance were the chairman SCFN and Permanent Secretary SPC Mr. Kingsley Ndem Eyibio and all members of the SCFN.
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