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Governor Abdullahi Sule
By Samuel Torlumun
Nasarawa State Government has reassured of continuous collaboration with Federal and state ministries of health, Primary Health Care agencies and development partners to protect children from polio and other preventable vaccine diseases.
Governor Abdullahi Sule restated the commitment today at the flagg-off of National Immunization Plus Days in Nasarawa State held at Primary Health Care Center Wamba road, Akwanga local government area of the state.
Flagging off the October 2021 National Immunization Plus Days in the state, Governor Abdullahi Sule represented by the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe said government will not rest on its oars in ensuring the state maintains the nation’s wild polio free status declared in August 2020 by the World Health Organization.
He lauded development partners, national and state health agencies and other critical stakeholders for their collective efforts at achieving the feat, noting that with their continuous support and commitment, the complete eradication of the virus will be sustained.
The governor sued for improvement in personal hygiene amongst caregivers, calling on community leaders to continue to be at the forefront in protecting the health of children in the society, just as he reminded citizens of the existence of COVID-19 and stressed the need for them to get vaccinated against the virus.
In their separate remarks, Chairman of Akwanga local government council, Emmanuel Lawee and the Chun Mada, Samson Gamu Yare expressed delight over the choice of Akwanga for the flagship, pledging to brace up for the Immunization exercise as well as contribute in improving health services in the locality.
Representative of development partners, Dr. Ebong Idang stressed the need for parents and caregivers to take to their children to nearby health facilities so as to be administered with other antigens that are vital to their health, assuring of unwavering commitment to the success of the Immunization exercise, just as the representative of the Premenent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Alhassan and the Premenent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Hajiya Hauwa Aliyu Ogah expressed readiness of their ministries to sustain government efforts at encouraging parents to get their children immunized against the wild polio disease.
Highlight of the flagg-off ceremony was the administering of the Oral Polio vaccine to children between the age of zero and five.
