Eliminating Malnutrition : Hon. Monjowa Lifaka Made Nutrition Ambassador

Within the framework of eradicating all forms of malnutrition, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka has been crowned 2020 Nutrition Ambassador by the SUN Movement, an initiative of Helen Keller International, an international non-governmental organisation. She was awarded the distinction on August 12, 2020 at the National Assembly. 
Receiving the award, the Member of Parliament said she feels honored and humbled for the recognition. “I want to thank SUN Movement for this award. Of course as a legislator, I am expected to make sure that together with my colleagues, we will make legislation that will scale up nutrition in Cameroon both in the policies of government and as well in the budgets of the respective ministries concerned,” Hon. Monjowa Lifaka said, adding she will be embarking on actions that will scale up nutrition in her constituency. Cameroon, she said, is a country blessed with so much food and therefore should not have its citizens suffering from malnutrition. “Sensitisation needs to continue on feeding habits,” she said. 
For his part, the Country Director of Helen Keller International, Ismael Teta, said as Nutrition Ambassador, she has a role to play in eliminating all forms of nutrition. “We have some legislations that we are expecting Cameroon to vote to have a more enabling environment in the fight against malnutrition in the country. We are stil...