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CS-SUNN Nasarawa

Nasarawa has been a PINNS focal state since 2018. The chapter works with the State Committee on Food and Nutrition, planning and budget officials and the State Assembly to turn nutrition commitments into funded, tracked services.

Nasarawa in numbers

₦187m → ₦1.19bnAnnual nutrition allocation, 2021 to 2023
₦250mChild Nutrition Fund approved, August 2025
5 monthsmaternity leave for public servants: 112 working days
11Nutrition Champions inaugurated, June 2026
Budget tracking

Nasarawa’s nutrition allocation grew more than sixfold in two years

Increases followed pre-budget advocacy, costed Annual Operational Plans, legislative engagement and budget tracking under PINNS 2.0.

Source: PINNS 2.0 nutrition budget tracking, 2021–2023
Progress

What the chapter has helped secure

  • Nasarawa State Policy on Food and Nutrition approved under PINNS 1.0
  • National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition adopted, with PACFaH advocacy
  • Five months’ maternity leave adopted, plus four months for adoptive parents
  • ₦250 million approved for the Child Nutrition Fund in August 2025
  • State Council on Nutrition being reactivated for high-level accountability
  • 11 Nutrition Champions inaugurated in June 2026
Success story · June 2026

11 Nutrition Champions inaugurated in Nasarawa State

The inauguration builds on Nasarawa’s maternity leave reform and its ₦250 million Child Nutrition Fund approval.

Read the full story
Anaemia baseline, 2026

Maternal supplements and the Child Nutrition Fund in Nasarawa

How women are taking up multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) in pregnancy, and how well the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) reaches health facilities.

MMS uptake60%
MMS adherenceModerate
Supply chainModerate
CNF allocation and releaseStrong
CNF visible at facilitiesModerate
Source: Formative Study to Establish Baseline for Anaemia Funding Commitment and MMS Uptake (UNICEF, ARNSUNN, CS-SUNN), February 2026. Small samples in each state: read as a baseline, not a ranking.

Programmes in Nasarawa

All programmes
2025 to date · Gates Foundation, Results for Development (R4D), World Bank, Irish Aid

PINNS 3.0: Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems

MMS scale-up, domestic accountability and regional learning in East Africa.

View project page May to December 2024 · SUN Civil Society Network, Irish Aid, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Youth Leaders for Nutrition (YL4N)

Nigeria’s first SUN Civil Society Youth Network, with 110+ advocates.

View project page October 2021 to January 2025 · Gates Foundation (INV-035368)

PINNS 2.0: Partnership for Improved Nigerian Nutrition System

Nutrition budgets rose in all five states; 27 State Houses formed nutrition committees.

View project page December 2022 to September 2023 · Gates Foundation, via FHI Solutions

Women and Girls’ Nutrition (WGN)

Nigeria’s first national coalition on women and girls’ nutrition.

View project page 2018 to 2021 · Gates Foundation (INV-009867)

PINNS 1.0: Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems

Nutrition policies, costed plans and the first dedicated budget lines in five focal states.

View project page [Confirm dates] · PACFaH coalition

Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH)

Budget advocacy that lifted Kaduna’s health allocation from 7.37% to 11.4%.

View project page

Resources for Nasarawa

All resources

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