First Lady Flags Off National Community Food Bank Program in Calabar

First Lady Flags Off National Community Food Bank Program in Calabar

Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has flagged off the National Community Food Bank program in Calabar, Cross River State, ….

… expanding the frontiers of her ongoing child nutrition drive to the South South geopolitical zone.

The flag off of food distribution which was held at the Ediba Primary healthcare Centre, Calabar, marks the beginning of Renewed Hope Initiative intervention, in collaboration with key government agencies to fight child malnutrition in the region, by providing bio-fortified food to vulnerable babies from ages 0 to 6, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

A major highlight of her maiden visit to the state, the ceremony makes it five out of six, as the intervention expands coverage across the geopolitical zones.

The First Lady also inaugurated RHI/TETFUND ICT Experience Centre at the University of Cross River, Ekpo Abasi, Calabar to further deepen ICT skills acquisition among young Nigerians and innovators.

Before leaving the state, she is expected to hold an advocacy engagement with the state traditional rulers council, led by its chairman, His Royal Majesty, Ovai Solomon Edward, the paramount ruler of Abi LGA