While Nigeria continues to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a nutrition expert, Professor Ibiyemi Olayiwola, has warned on the silent malnutrition epidemic in Nigeria due to poor consumption of a diet rich in protein. Professor Olayiwola, a nutrition and dietetic expert at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, spoke at the third Protein Challenge digital dialogue with the theme ‘Empowering Women to Break the Cycle of Malnutrition in Nigeria’. The expert said although individuals may develop immunity against many diseases, there is no immunity against malnutrition. She stated that the cost of protein malnutrition is both at the individual and social levels and to stop it will require making protein-rich foods affordable and available as well as increasing women’s knowledge about them while increasing people’s overall income. Soyinka Backs Obasanjo, Says Nigeria Now More Divided Under BuhariNobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has backed claims by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying Nigeria is presently more divided under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Source: Nigerian Tribune September 17, 2020 00:45 UTC