Kano LG laments non-availability of vehicle for polio vaccine distribution

TOFA Local Government Area of Kano State has appealed to the state government to swiftly fix the faulty vehicle for vaccine distribution in the local government to prevent avoidable factor capable of truncating the immunization exercise in the area.

This is just as the local government surpassed its targeted population of 30,699 children for this December round of IPDs, as the health officials in the LGA were able to immunise 33,302 children, increasing the targeted figures by 2,603.

The Primary Health Care Coordinator of the LGA, Alhaji Salisu Abdul made the appeal while speaking with journalists Health during the just concluded immunization plus in IPDs camp in Kano

According to him, for over five months, they had been hiring vehicle from other government parastatals to accomplish the monthly immunization task since when their only vehicle allocated for the exercise broke down completely.

Alhaji Abdul, who admitted that the council chairman had promised to repair the vehicle, called for timely fulfillment of the promise before the next round of the exercise to facilitate smooth running of the exercise in the area.

According to him, the LGA was also awarded with a gold plated cup as the best out of the 44 LGAs in Kano, on the conduct of effective immunisation exercise against polio in the state.

He, however, linked the success to the selfless and unrelenting commitments of the Tofa District Head, Alh Isiyaku Omar Tofa and the religious leaders as well as other stakeholders towards embracing the exercise without recording any significant problem of vaccine rejection in the area.

Alhaji Abdul while commending all and sundry for ensuring hitch free conduct of the polio immunisation in the area, the Primary Health Care Coordinator promised that the council would sustain its status as the best performing LGA if the existing cooperation was maintained.