60% children multi-dimensionally poor in Niger – UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF,) has said that over 60% of children in Niger state are multi-dimensionally poor  while only10% of mothers practice exclusive breastfeeding in the state.

Presenting the report, the UNICEF Chief Field Officer, Kaduna Donald Norris represented by a medical expert, Dr Idris Baba, stated that MICS data showed that the learning achievement situation in the state has improved.