As the World Health organization in collaboration with the Kaduna Sate Primary Healthcare Board commences another round of Polio Immunization across the State, the council chairman, Igabi Local Government Area, Honourable Sani Abdullahi has called on parents to ensure that all their children from age 0-5 years received the polio vaccination.
Sani Abdullahi who made the call at the commencement of the vaccination exercise in the area said the immunization is an effective way to prevent the polio virus from surviving and spreading from one person to another.
He appreciated WHO and the State Primary Healthcare Board for the exercise and promised to promote other health programs in the area.
Also speaking to members of the Journalists Initiative on Immunization Against Polio JAP, the Mallamawan Zazzau, Alhaji Danjuma Mustapha Adamu said no effort should be spared to ensure that children received the vaccination, underscoring the role it plays in preventing the disease.
Similarly, the chairman, Kaduna South Local Government area, Rayyan Hussain has flagged off Polio Immunization at the Primary Healthcare center in Unguwan Sunusi.
In his address the council chairman urged parents to support the government efforts in providing good healthcare service delivery by allowing their wards to be immunized.
Rayyan, who reassured that the vaccine has no any harmful effects to the children sought for maximum cooperation from all stakeholders in the Local Government.
He encouraged people in the area to practice good personal and environmental hygiene in order to prevent the spread of diseases especially the recent outbreak of Cholera.
In another development, the Executive Chairman of Soba Local Government Area, Hon Muhammad Lawal Shehu has reiterated his commitment towards ensuring the Council is certified free from polio virus after a reported case.
Speaking while flagging off the vaccination exercise at Marwa town in Kinkiba ward, the chairman stated that people should understand that poliomyelitis is a virus that spreads rapidly to attack children beyond curable level if not timely arrested.
He further asserted that scientific research in the Muslim world had proven that polio is a virus not caused by the spirits as being speculated, saying that observing personal and environmental hygiene is the safest and proactive measures against contracting the disease.
The council chairman further assured that the polio vaccine had been tested at various laboratories in many Muslim countries and proven to contains nothing harmful, adding that he was also vaccinated while growing up and that all his children have equally been vaccinated against the virus.
Honourable Lawal Shehu added that Soba Local Government is committed to the total eradication of the disease under his administration as recorded in some years back when the local council was certified polio free.