Buhari: We will Ensure no Child is Infected with Polio in Nigeria
Buhari:
We will Ensure no Child is Infected with Polio in Nigeria
President
Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stated that his administration would do all within
its powers to ensure that no Nigerian child is ever infected with polio again.
Speaking at a brief event in the Presidential Villa to mark Nigeria’s successful completion of one year without any reported case of the wild polio virus in Abuja, the president said the federal government will mobilise and deploy all necessary resources to efficiently complete the task of eradicating polio from the country.
Buhari said he looked forward to the formal declaration of Nigeria as a polio-free country in 2017.
“Today, July 25, Nigeria has successfully completed one year without any case reported of the wild polio virus. Achieving this feat has placed us firmly on the path to eradicating this paralyzing disease from our land.
“I seize this opportunity to call on governors, our traditional and religious leaders, the private sector and our mothers and fathers to redouble their efforts to ensure that every child and every newborn baby is vaccinated with the polio vaccine and other life saving routine vaccines,” Buhari said.
He personally vaccinated one of his grandchildren against polio at the occasion to demonstrate his commitment to eradicating the virus from Nigeria as well as the safety and efficacy of the polio vaccine.
Buhari thanked all Nigerians and foreign partners who have supported the country’s polio eradication programme in several ways.
Speaking at a brief event in the Presidential Villa to mark Nigeria’s successful completion of one year without any reported case of the wild polio virus in Abuja, the president said the federal government will mobilise and deploy all necessary resources to efficiently complete the task of eradicating polio from the country.
Buhari said he looked forward to the formal declaration of Nigeria as a polio-free country in 2017.
“Today, July 25, Nigeria has successfully completed one year without any case reported of the wild polio virus. Achieving this feat has placed us firmly on the path to eradicating this paralyzing disease from our land.
“I seize this opportunity to call on governors, our traditional and religious leaders, the private sector and our mothers and fathers to redouble their efforts to ensure that every child and every newborn baby is vaccinated with the polio vaccine and other life saving routine vaccines,” Buhari said.
He personally vaccinated one of his grandchildren against polio at the occasion to demonstrate his commitment to eradicating the virus from Nigeria as well as the safety and efficacy of the polio vaccine.
Buhari thanked all Nigerians and foreign partners who have supported the country’s polio eradication programme in several ways.
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