Two million children have been vaccinated against poliomyelitis disease within three days in Niger state, the Country Director of World Health Organisation ( WHO), Walter Kezadi has said.
Kezadi stated this Tuesday during flag-off of distribution of medical kits in Minna.
The Country Director who was represented by the Niger state Coordinator of the Organisation, Suleiman Aliyu, stated that the immunisation exercise was very successful in the state.
He said, “This is possible because the state Ministry of Primary Healthcare has been working very well with us. Niger state has created the enabling environment for us to immunise children against all diseases. In this round of immunisation scheduled for four days, over two million children have already been immunised against poliomyelitis in the state.”
In his address, the state Commissioner of Primary Health Care, Dr Ibrahim Dangana, expressed the commitment of government towards providing affordable medical services to the people.
He stated that government has ensured adequate funding of all Primary Health Care facilities in the state, adding that , ” Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago recently approved the disbursement of money to all rural health centres to procure drugs and other essential facilities so that people can get medical services at their door steps.”
The wife of the Niger state governor, Hajiya Fatima Umaru Bago, while flagging off the exercise, assured that her office will continue to pay deserved medical attention to women and children.