Society for Family Health (SFH) has appointed Emir of Zazzau, Amb. Ahmed Bamalli as its ambassador on nutrition, adolescent and family health programs to scale up access to nutrition and improve reproductive health services in Nigeria.
Dr. Okudu Idaho, Managing Director, Society for Family Health disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the emir in Zaria on Tuesday.
Idaho, represented by Mr James Ocholi said the visit was to seek the blessing of the royal father and to request him to be the ambassador of the organization on nutrition and adolescent and family health programs.
“When we speak and say his blessings are with us I believed people will listen and support the programs; Our desire is to have healthy Kaduna where women and children are healthy,” he said.
He said the organization was working in 11 local governments of Kaduna state on various projects which include among others the adolescent 360 and Accelerating Nutrition Result in Nigeria (ANRIN).
The managing director hinted that the ANRIN hinges on improving nutrition for children targets households in Zaria, Igabi, Sabon Gari, Birnin Gwari and Lere local governments.
Others are Kubau, Makarfi, Soba and Kauru local governments.
He said the organization would leveraged on traditional and religious institutions to distilled the information down to the grassroots, hence the visit to the emir of Zazzau.
He, therefore, appealed to men to support the projects allow women and their children to participate in the projects to ensure that health of the family is improved.
In his response, Amb. Ahmed Bamalli, Emir of Zazzau said reiterated his commitment to support the organization to succeeds in it’s projects.
While commanding the organization for their interventions to enhance nutrition and adolescent and reproductive health services in the emirate, the emir said the request for placing a logo of SFH should wait after the final renovation of the palace. (NAN)
