ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DONATES N2.1BILLION TO FIGHT POLIO IN NIGERIA
The Country Representative ,while speaking said the donation was to complement the government’s effort on polio eradication in Nigeria, stating that UNICEF hopes Nigeria will be certified as polio free country soon, adding that, “being the most populous country in Africa, if Nigeria succeeds, others would succeed,”
The Minister of Health, Dr Isaac Adewole, while speaking at the event commended Rotary International for the donation, explaining that “Nigeria is on its last lap to end polio. In the next couple of months, Nigeria would be certified polio-free.”
Penpushing further reports that, Adewole who also, commended National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) for its routine immunisation scheme. however, said “the most important thing is that all children that were previously inaccessible in the North-East must access vaccinations before the certification”.
The Chairman Polio Plus Committee, Rotary international, Tunji Funsho, in his own remark said that polio eradication is an expensive venture “that requires everybody to be on board”, pointing out that, “this donation would inspire other partners to come on board and support the Nigeria government’.
He added, ’we, in polio plus committee are reaching more and more children, more and more areas that are hitherto not accessible particularly with the support of the military.”
Penpushing also reports that, Rotary International is one of the development partners who have been working on the eradication of the disease in Nigeria.
