By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has reassured that his administration would continue to support a polio-free environment in the Council.
The chairman said this at the weekend at the flag-off ceremonies of this year’s Sub Immunisation campaign at Angwa Guragu, Karomajiji.
Candido, who commended the re-launch of the maiden round of Sub Immunisation Plus Days exercise noted that this round would go a long way in depopulating the menace of cripple and disabled children in our communities.
He disclosed that since inception of his administration, he had channelled more energy into the evacuation and refuse disposal within the satellite towns and villages in the municipality, and intensified campaign against indiscriminate waste disposal and open defecation which was why the Council constructed three public toilets at strategic locations.
AMAC boss, who enjoined councillors representing the 12 wards of the Council, to mobilise their various wards for effective coverage, however, called on the residents to cooperate with the vaccinators and leverage on the availability of vaccines in over 40 health centres across the Council.
In a related development, health camps had been set up at Angwa Hausawa, Karu, and other IDP camps within the Council to cure preventable child killer disease.
In her remarks, during the exercise, the Head of Department of Health, AMAC, Dr. Modupe Adeyinka, encouraged the people to allow their children of under-5 to get immunised against polio in order to guard them the virus.
According her, polio is not reversible, but is preventable by taking immunisation which is offered free-of-charge.
She commended the chairman of the Council for ensuring the smooth take-off of the exercise through prompt release of funds and his physical presence during the campaign and chairing the evening review meetings.
