Immunisation: Jigawa targets 1.6m children
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ibrahim sought the support and cooperation of traditional and religious leaders as well as other stakeholders towards the successful conduct of the exercise2 we thanked all stakeholders for the successes recorded in the exercise so far ibrahim said. nan2 dr kabiru ibrahim the executive secretary of the agency disclosed this to the news agency of nigeria nan in dutse on sunday at the sideline of the ongoing exercise in the state2 ibrahim said enough personnel had been engaged to conduct the exercise simultaneously across the 27 local government areas in order to ensure that all children under five years are immunised against the diseases2 he said the agency had received enough oral polio vaccines opvs from the federal government for the smooth conduct of the exercise2 the executive secretary said all necessary arrangements had been concluded for smooth conduct of the exercise2 the jigawa primary healthcare development agency jsphcda says it is targeting 1.6 million children for immunisation against polio in the state2 he urged parents to present their children for the immunisation at designated centres in their respective communities for the exercise2 he commended the traditional rulers religious leaders and other stakeholders for their cooperation in ensuring the smooth conduct of the immunisation2 the executive secretary who expressed satisfaction at the level of compliance by parents also appealed to them to cooperate with immunisation officials for a hitch-free exercise2 i personally inspected the exercise in many centres and i was impressed with the level of turnout of children2 so far the exercise is going on smoothly across the state2 by muhammad nasir bashir1