Nigeria

INDICATORS

  • Outcomes

    • Stunting


      Stunting prevalence in children under 5       Read more

      33%

    • Political Participation


      Rating on consensus building and civil society participation       Read more

      6

    • To what extent are rural communities shrinking


      % of population living in rural areas       Read more

      1960: 85%

      2015: 52%

    • Child marriage


      Rates of child marriage       Read more

      Married by 15: 17%

      Married by 18: 43%

  • People’s Sovereignty over natural resources

    • Pesticide use by volume and by expenditure

      Read more
      • Fungicides and Bactericides: no data
      • Herbicides: no data
      • Insecticides: 21.37

  • Political Participation for the Right to Food

    Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.

    • Legal Recognition of the Right to Food and Nutrition


      Is Right to Food recognized in the legal system       Read more

      The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has directive principles that contribute to the realization of the right to adequate food.

      Directive principles of state policy

      Article 16(2): “The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring:
      (d) that suitable and adequate shelter, suitable and adequate food, reasonable national minimum living wage, old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are provided for all citizens.” 

      Article 17(3): The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that-
      (a) all citizens, without discrimination on any group whatsoever, have the opportunity for securing adequate means of livelihood as well as adequate opportunity to secure suitable employment”.

    • National Food Security Policy


      Is there a national food security policy with implementation/action?       Read more

      National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014 – 2019) [1] 

      Strategic Objectives

      1. To promote the delivery of effective interventions that will ensure adequate nutrition to all Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups

      2. To enhance capacity to deliver effective and appropriate nutrition interventions

      3. To contribute to the control of diet related noncommunicable diseases

      4. To promote and strengthen research, monitoring and evaluation

      5. To promote and facilitate community participation for nutrition interventions

      6. To promote and strengthen nutrition coordination and collaboration

      Targets

      1. To reduce the number of under-five children who are stunted by 20% by 2018

      2. To reduce low birthweight by 15% by 2018

      3. To ensure no increase in childhood overweight by 2018

      4. To reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 10% by 2018

      5. To reduce anaemia in women of reproductive age by 50% by 2018

      6. To increase exclusive breastfeeding rates in the first six months to at least 50% by 2018

      To recognise the multi-sectorality of nutrition, the National Policy on Food and Nutrition (2001) and National Plan of Action (2004) were established to ensure implementation of the policy was coordinated with clear roles and responsibilities for each related sector.

       

      [1] http://www.health.gov.ng/doc/NSPAN.pdf

    • Existence of multiactor governing or decision making bodies for food policy at national, subnational and/or local level with diverse participation of civil society organizations

      Read more

      Nigeria is a SUN country