By Asma’u Ahmad
The Emir Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammad Bashar has urged parents and guardians to present their children for immunisation against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases.
The emir made the call during the commencement of the November round of polio immunisation in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state capital.
Alhaji Bashar commended the state Primary Health Care Development Agency for its support in the exercise by ensuring that parents presented their children for immunisation.
He also commended traditional, religious and community leaders for enlightening the public on the importance of immunisation.
Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Health, Dr. Atiku Kende said that the state had recorded four years of being polio free.
Dr. Kende said that the resurgence of the virus in Borno state informed the state government’s decision to continue with immunisation against polio.
In his remark, the Director of Public Health, Alhaji Umar Muhammad, commended the Emir Bashar, Gwandu Emirate Council and other stakeholders for their support in interrupting polio in the state.
