Still on youth matters, The National Youth Council of Nigeria NYCN, in Kogi has urged government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to ensure youth involvement and engagement in the transformation of food systems in Nigeria.
The NYCN Chairman Ogohi Usman made the called while addressing Newsmen in Lokoja, to mark the 2021 International Youth Day IYD.
Usman stressed that population health was also relevant in addressing food systems challenges, especially as nutrition-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer were major contributors to the global burden of disease.
He added there was also the risk of zoonotic diseases that can result from unsustainable farming practices and the climate crisis, which had been even more evident during the pandemic that had highlighted those with such chronic diseases which are at a higher risk for negative outcomes He advised the State Government and other relevant ministries and agencies to leverage and follow up with the recommendations from the arrangement of Food and Agriculture Organization FAO and the Major Group for Children and Youth
