Members of the Multi-Stakeholder platforms of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement have emphasized the need for improved synergy among the networks in Nigeria to move nutrition forward.
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Some participants made the recommendation at the first SUN Movement Quarterly Coordination Meeting for 2023 in Abuja supported by CS-SUNN. The SUN Movement is a global movement that puts national priorities at the heart of global efforts to improve nutrition with a vision to ensure a world free from malnutrition in all its forms. The Movement applies a Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Sectoral approach to scaling up Nutrition interventions in Nigeria. The Quarterly Coordination meeting provides a veritable platform for efficient planning, experience sharing and interaction among key players.
25 Participants were drawn from the SUN movement Networks; the Donor/UN Network (USAID, UNICEF, Dangote Foundation), Government Network (FMoH, FMARD), SUN business network (GAIN) and the Civil Society Alliance Network (CS-SUNN, Alive and Thrive ) attended this year’s first quarterly meeting.
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Representative of the Donor/UN Network, Mr Ebenezer Olulotu told CS-SUNN that “the Donor/UN are very happy to be part of this meeting and their network takes SUN movement very seriously. We are also committed to CS-SUNN and all the activities of the SUN movement in Nigeria. There is a need for the networks to deepen their engagement across networks so that the SUN movement agenda for nutrition will be executed.”
The Civil Society Spokesperson and Former Chairman of CS-SUNN, Mr Ifedilichukwu Innocent Ekene stated that “there is a need for continuous interaction among networks which will enable the networks to work, plan and deliver together and also help to cut wastage among networks and partners.”