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PINNS 2.0: Partnership for Improved Nigerian Nutrition System
The second phase deepened domestic nutrition financing, built accountability systems that governments run themselves, and took Nigeria’s model to Kenya.
Why it matters
Accountability needs owners inside government
Money committed to nutrition is only safe when legislators, planners and committees track it every year. PINNS 2.0 built that ownership.
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State Houses of Assembly with dedicated nutrition committees
Source: PINNS 2.0 brief, 2026
Results
What PINNS 2.0 achieved
Nasarawa: ₦187m → ₦1.19bnAnnual nutrition allocation, 2021 to 2023.
Kano: ₦972m → ₦3.59bnAnnual nutrition allocation, 2021 to 2023.
Niger: ₦993m → ₦2.95bnAnnual nutrition allocation, 2021 to 2023.
Lagos: ₦178m → ₦283mAnnual nutrition allocation, 2021 to 2023.
Performance Management System digitisedNational and state committees can now report and track nutrition results online.
Budget scorecardsNutrition budget scorecards and a generic resource mobilisation framework for the national plan.
Child Nutrition Fund commitmentsKano and Niger committed to a dedicated nutrition fund; Niger pledged ₦100 million.
Kenya technical assistanceOrganisational capacity assessment support for the Kenya SUN Civil Society Alliance.
How we worked
Scorecards, committees and champions
- Scorecards made nutrition spending visible to legislators and the public.
- Legislative committees gave nutrition a permanent home in State Houses of Assembly.
- Nutrition departments in MDAs put named officers in charge of delivery.
- Women in Power engaged female legislators as nutrition champions.
What we learned
Evidence moves budgets.Scorecards gave advocates a shared, credible reference point.
Coordination is a system.Multi-sectoral coordination and nutrition departments in MDAs strengthened delivery.
Adapt to keep going.Adaptive management, including a no-cost extension, kept the programme on track.
Related projects
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 pagePINNS 3.0: Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems
MMS scale-up, domestic accountability and regional learning in East Africa.
View project pageWomen and Girls’ Nutrition (WGN)
Nigeria’s first national coalition on women and girls’ nutrition.
View project pageTalk to the PINNS team
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