{"id":1777,"date":"2026-10-27T13:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/us-partners-with-fg-to-end-hunger-starvation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:30:47","slug":"us-partners-with-fg-to-end-hunger-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/us-partners-with-fg-to-end-hunger-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eUS partners with FG to end hunger, starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u200eBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eABUJA \u2013 THE Federal Government has received a major boost in its fight against hunger and child malnutrition, with the United States-backed Operation End Starvation (OES) seeking a direct partnership with the Federal Government to help scale up life-saving nutrition interventions across the country.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eThe Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in Abuja when he led a delegation from OES and agencies under the Health Ministry to seek collaboration with the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eThe proposed alliance is expected to strengthen Nigeria\u2019s response to acute child malnutrition, with particular attention to vulnerable children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eOES Chief Executive Officer, Williams Holdsworth Moore, said the organisation was impressed by Nigeria\u2019s commitment and the capacity of its health leadership, describing the country as a priority site for its global intervention.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cWe have met with the Nigerian health team, and they are one of the best of many we have met,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eHe explained that OES, supported by a macro grant from the United States Government and global philanthropists, plans to channel more than one billion dollars annually towards preventing child deaths caused by starvation.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cWe want to move one billion dollars to end starvation in the next two years across Sub-Saharan Africa. The burden is high, but the capacity is also very high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eMoore added that the U.S. State Department had approved Nigeria as part of the organisation\u2019s priority outlook, adding that OES wanted to demonstrate successful large-scale investment through direct government partnership within the next two years.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eHe explained thatOperation End Starvation, an initiative of the Eleanor Crook Foundation, is a public-private nonprofit focused on ending child malnutrition and starvation-related deaths across Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eProf. Pate said Nigeria was already implementing strong frameworks to confront malnutrition, citing the National Community Food Bank Programme, which is being delivered in partnership with the Office of the First Lady.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eHe said the programme, recently rolled out across the six geopolitical zones, was already recording positive impact and would be expanded to reach more vulnerable households.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cNigeria is working hard to scale down its 6.4 million figure of acute child malnutrition, while also attending to the health of pregnant women and lactating mothers,\u201d Pate said.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cA lot of good things are already happening in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eThe National Community Food Bank Programme is designed to provide nutritious, locally sourced food to children under six, pregnant women, lactating mothers and other high-risk households through community food banks linked to primary healthcare centres.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eThe First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu welcomed the delegation and commended the quality of expertise and commitment within Nigeria\u2019s public institutions, saying the country\u2019s health team would justify any support received.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cIt has been a delight working with Prof. Pate, Dr Muyi and others. I also work with the Ministry of Education and others. The manpower we have now in the ministries is so wonderful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eThe First Lady assured the OES delegation that resources provided through the partnership would be deployed transparently and effectively.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cI assure you that whatever aid you give us, this health team would put it to good use,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200eShe said Nigeria deserved better and that the reforms being undertaken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu were gradually restoring the country\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n

\u200e\u200e\u201cNigeria deserves better, and there is nothing we give to her that is too much because if the system works, it will ultimately come back to us,\u201d the First Lady said.<\/p>\n

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