Immunisation: Kwara is polio-free, says Gov. AbdulRazaq

Date: 2020-02-14

Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara says the state has achieved and sustained its polio-free status for the past five months across the 16 local government areas. AbdulRahman, who was represented by his Deputy, Mr Kayode Alabi, disclosed this on Thursday in Ilorin, during the flag-off of the February Round of the National Immunization Plus Days.

He lamented that the state had a recurrent outbreak of the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio (cVDPV) during the last administration. "The situation was so bad that Kwara was ranked with the highest number of the virus isolated both from human and environmental samples.

"This is as a result of years of neglect, poor funding and donor dependence of the state in the implementation of immunisation and primary healthcare programmes," he said.

The governor stated that his administration took ownership and funding of the immunisation programme which, he said, has interrupted the transmission of the virus in the state. According to him, the flag-off of the 2020 NIPDs expanded programme on immunisation in Nigeria has achieved some growth in service coverage in the last few years with huge investment by government and development partner agencies. He added that the 2015 and 2016 Multi Indicators Cluster and National Immunisation Coverage Surveys showed that Pentavalent 3 Vaccine coverage was 33 per cent and full immunisation coverage was 23 per cent.

According to him, this implies that about 60 per cent of eligible children are not appropriately immunised with all life saving vaccines. 'This coverage is inadequate to provide protection from vaccine preventable diseases," he said. The governor noted that the state will continue to meet the standard of requirements for quality polio campaign and strengthening of routine immunisation service delivery. AbdulRazaq therefore urged mothers, religious bodies, schools, care givers and community leaders across the state to make all children between ages of zero and five years available for the NIPDs commencing on Feb. 15.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Iliyasu Idris, described immunisation as the most important public health intervention known to man. He said that vaccination has prevented the spread of diseases and deaths all over the world. Earlier, Dr Abimbola Folorunso, the Executive Secretary, Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency, observed that since August 2019, no case of the polio virus has been recorded in the state. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bayer AG     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Fatimat Saliu     Olatunji Moronfoye     Kwara 2019     Wasiu Odewale     Doyin Group     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Christopher Ayeni     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     MATTA Girls Foundation     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ibrahim Mashood     Olayinka Are     Unicontinental Construction Company     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kolawole Bashirat     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Aliyu Umar     Akume     Computer Based Test     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Abdulrahman Iliasu     KWSIEC     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Hakeem Idris     Idris Garuba     KwaraLearn     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     KWASIEC     Bankole Omishore     Amasa     Ilorin West     Makama Of Ilorin     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Lithium Deposit     VADA     Kwabes     Shehu Alimi Foundation     LABTOP     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ejidongari     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Abegunde Goke     Valsolar     Binta Abubakar Mora     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Ajasse-Ipo     Wahab Abayawo     Ethical College     Alao Ayotunde     Kwara Hotel     Aremu Bose Deborah     All Peoples Party     Shagari     Playing Host     Bank Of Industry     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Col. Adedipe     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Oke-Ogun     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Abdulkadir Orire     Babata     Ridwan Agboola     Ibrahim Taiwo     KWATMA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Amosa     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Naira Redesign     Binta Abubakar Mora     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Col. Adedipe     KSIRS     Oba Abdulrahim     LEAH Charity Foundation     Tunde Oyawoye     Baba-Isale     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Earlyon Technologies     Lola Ashiru     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Transition Implementation Committee     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Ojuekun Sarumi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Wahab Agbaje     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     JAMB     Akanji     Kwarareports.com     Al-Hikmah Radio     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Yeketi     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Alaiye     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Abdulazeez Uthman     Bursary     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Owode Market     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Makama     Surajudeen Akanbi     Leke Ogungbe     Abubakar Abdulraheem     UNILORIN Alumni Association     IQRA College     Salihu S. Yaru     KW-GIS     Ahmed     Kwara United     Maryam Ado Bayero     Hakeem Idris     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Bukola Ajikobi     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Dumagi     Ilorin Water Reticulation     NITDA     Alimi     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Dan-Kazeem     Kwara Volleyball Association     ANCOPPS     Barakat Community Secondary School     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Jaiz Bank     Sambo Murtala     Niyi Osundare     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Hausa     School Of Nursing     Daud Adeshola