A review of the nutrition governance in Nigeria shows several plans and activities and motivation to take action but a lack of commitment. The most recent is the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) movement. However the issues involved in terms of the size and diversity of the nation must be emphasized. There are very few direct interventions in nutrition.
Targets are set and plans laid out addressing underlying and basic causes but there is no strong commitment or budget lines. There is no dedicated budget line for nutrition. The nutrition planning has received a new boost with the SUN movement and there is an infrastructure to build on. However much power lies in the 36 states and the Federal level can only coordinate, promote and encourage.
The landscape analysis carried out under the umbrella of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) on national readiness to take action to tackle under nutrition (Nishida et al 2009) indicates Nigeria as having a strong nutrition governance at federal and state level but a lack of political will, poor funding and a lack of effective planning and coordination for success.