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.

A.O. Belgore     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Baruba     Kwara State Government     Bello Abubakar     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Baba Idris     Bayo Lawal     Senate President     Oladimeji Thompson     Okeose Christian Cementary     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Okin Biscuit     Ibrahim Bio     Fatai Olodo     Abdulrosheed Okiki     IDPU     Aro Yahaya     Assayomo     Kwara Central     Kwara 2023     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Osinbajo     Funmilayo Mohammed     Salake     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Photo News     Danhawa     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oke-Ero     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Law School Scholarship     Tunji Oyawoye     Femi Oladiji     Kaosarah Adeyi     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ajike People Support Centre     Onikijipa     JMK Construction Company Limited     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Abdulraheem Olesin     Ahmad Ali     Olayinka Olaogun     Smart School     AbdulRahman Saad     Awwal Jawondo     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Idris Amosa Saidu     Erubu Oba Zubair     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     UITH     Niyi Osundare     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Kwara State Polytechnic     Maigidasanma     Ahmed Bayero     Odolaye Aremu     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Kolo     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Dorcas Afeniforo     Sam Onile     Sanusi Abubakar     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ilota     Bayo Ojo     Ashiru     Ola Falade     Aremu Odolaye     Ayo Opadokun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ishaq Abdulkarim     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ishaq Oloyede     ASKOMP     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Saad Omo Iya     Age AbdulKareem     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Kannike     Saka Onimago     Saidu Kawu     Lai Mohammed     Kanu Agabi     Obuh     Ubandoma     Tafida Of Ilorin     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Kwara Basketball Association     Kwara Pdp     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Oja-Oba     Post Utme     Olaitan Buraimoh     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Mubarak Oladosu     Nnazua     Abubakar Atiku     Bankole Omisore     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Rachael Obisesan     EndSARS     Aliyu U. Tilde     Ajibike Katibi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Kamaldeen Gambari     Simon Sayomi     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Kwara State University Of Education     Idris Amosa Saidu     Revenue Court     Samuel Adaramola     Gbemi Saraki     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Risikat Lawal     Diagnostic Centre     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Kazeem Oladepo     Baba Idris     Senate     Ajia-Bako     MalHub     All Peoples Party     Amos Bajeh     Egbewole     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Lanre Badmus     Michael Ologundea     Fulani     Peter Amogbonjaye     Sodiya     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ilorin Emirate     Plat Technologies     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Suwa-Arabs     Share/Tsaragi     Arca Santa     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Saliu Mustapha