Polio: Kano govt commences 2017 immunisation

The Kano State Government says it will commence the 2017 polio immunisation across the 44 local government areas in the state on Saturday.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabir Getso, said this on Friday in Kano during an interactive session with some development partners in preparations for the campaign against polio in the state.

According to him, the interactive session will assist towards achieving the desired results on the four-day campaign against the disease.

Getso said despite the fact that the state has not recorded any case of polio for the past 33 months, the state government would not relent in its efforts to prevent further outbreaks.

He described such success as a major achievement by the State Government.

“In the next three months, we would be celebrating three years without polio in Kano State.”

“If not for the four cases recorded in Borno State, Nigeria would have been satisfied polio free,” according to the commissioner.”

He expressed the commitment of the state government towards ensuring that the country became polio free through collaboration with international and home partners.

“The Kano state government has provided adequate funds to make sure that the campaign against polio in the state is successful,” he said.

Getso added that the state government has set up five teams to monitor and supervise the exercise.

He said Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje is heading one of the committees, while his Deputy, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, would lead one of the teams.

Source: NAN