The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Thursday, tasked stakeholders and funding partners in the Primary Health Care Services on the need to recommit self towards stopping all transmission viruses, especially Polio in the country.
Ehanire gave the hint while delivering a keynote address at the First Quarter 2023 Review Meeting of Northern Traditional Leaders committee on PHC Delivery (NTLC) held in Abuja.
Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children Educational Endowment Fund (UNICEF), BMGF and Dangote Foundation all gave a goodwill messages at the meeting.
According to the Minister, the federal government over the years have had a large scale achievements in both vaccination and eradication programme.
Ehanire said: “The goal is yet to be achieved. We have to re-commit ourselves in stopping the transmission of all viruses, especially Polio.
“And in doing that, we need a structured entity to strengthened the primary health system.”
The Minister thereafter thanked the traditional rulers, saying their invaluable support and cooperation has been the background of the agency immunization and vaccination programme across the country.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, NTLC Chairman and the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Isma’ila Muhammad Meira, thanked all stakeholders’ for the meeting..
Meira, who also made a remarks on behalf of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Saa’d Abubakar commended the government and development partners, assuring that the committee will ensure that every mother is mobilised to vaccinate their children.
While giving his own speech at the meeting, the ED/CEO NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib noted that remarkable progress is being made by the federal government, saying number of virus has drastically reduced.
He said, “Although the next task is getting it down to zero, am please to inform you that with our leadership acumen and ability to mobilise our traditional rulers, we are making progress and have achieved our routine immunization coverage and has recirded over 90 percent success.
“We are hoping to cover the gap via intensive eradication campaign.”
