The Kano State Government has resolved to punish Local Government Areas in the state who perform poorly in polio immunisation exercises.
The State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said his administration will also reward best performing LGAs and those who excel in the polio immunisation drive.
Ganduje who presided over the task force meeting on polio immunization held at Kano government house, noted that some of the local government areas do not have good representation at the review meetings.
” Apart from weak participation of local government representatives during the evening review meetings, it is, however, clear that some of them do not release their counterparts funding and that hinders the smooth conduct of the programme.
” It has been observed that the increasing influx of migrants/internally displaced population (IDPs) due to security challenges in neighbouring States is yet another problem we are facing which also needs to be addressed, ” he explained.
The Governor represented by his Deputy Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna maintained that to avert the challenges undermining the success of the exercise, Kano State Government would intensify efforts in preventing the spread of polio disease in the State.
” We are fully aware on how the disease is spread through movement of people from one State to another and this is one of the reasons why some areas become victims of polio and that must be prevented, ” he noted.
He further disclosed with appreciation that based on the previous record on the State’s polio immunization exercise, Kano emerged as one of the best in terms of enlightenment campaign and establishment of health camp in the Country.
Ganduje said, ” it is in view of this development, I would like to call on the Local Government Chairmen and our District Heads to, in spite of their tight schedules, to rededicate themselves and ensure that they attend the daily evening review meeting “.
The Governor also pledged his administration commitment to provide adequate logistics support to the fight against polio disease in the State.
While calling on parents to give maximum cooperation to the health personnel during the next round of exercise, Ganduje expressed his delight on how the programme is receiving the needed attention from rural and urban areas.
Earlier, the state commissioner of health Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa thanked the State Governor for his commitment towards ensuring good result of the exercise.
He justified that…” His Excellency Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje provides all the financial supports needed whenever the programme comes and this makes Kano to get best record on polio immunization ”
Tsanyawa further thanked the traditional rulers, parents and other stakeholders in the State for putting heads together to ensure success of the immunization exercise.
In his remarks, the Sarkin Yakin Gaya and District Head of Ajingi Alhaji Wada Aliyu who spoke on behalf of the five first class Emirates assured of their continuous cooperation towards enlightening the public on the importance of the immunization programme.
During the task force meeting, the Incident Manager Dr. Bashir Lawan Muhammad presented the report of November 2019 immunization exercise and plans for the next round, January 2020.
