{
  "id": 12779736,
  "title": "Shettima: FG to Fast-track Food, Nutrition Bill to Protect Funding, Instill Accountability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/shettima-fg-to-fast-track-food-nutrition-bill-to-protect-funding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/08/shettima-fg-to-fast-track-food-nutrition-bill-to-protect-funding-instill-accountability/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vice President Kashim Shettima announced plans to fast-track the development of a National Food and Nutrition Bill in Nigeria, aimed at protecting nutrition financing, strengthening accountability, and ensuring ongoing interventions under successive administrations. The proposed legislation would bolster the federal government's Nutrition 774 Initiative and foster a collaborative response to malnutrition among federal, state, and local governments. Speaking at the Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange Forum, Shettima highlighted the country's 2026-2035 National Policy on Food and Nutrition, which set targets to reduce stunting among children under five from 40% to 25% by 2035.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}