The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged mismanagement and misapplication of $232 million for Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) World Bank Program.
The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion moved at the plenary on Thursday by Chike Okafor.
Moving the motion, the lawmaker said ANRiN is a World Bank-funded, performance-based project that uses loans to address nutritional challenges in Nigeria.
Okafor stressed that the program aimed at providing improved nutrition for vulnerable communities by increasing access to quality, cost-effective nutrition services for pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls, and children under five years of age in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, and Plateau states.
He explained that ANRIN Program was entered into by the federal government in 2018 to achieve a balance between the urgent need to protect Nigerian children from the devastating and life-long effects of malnutrition with the expectation of improved nutritional interventions and outcomes before December 2024.
