Kebbi Government has said it was renewing its commitment to eradicating polio and seven other killer- diseases by ensuring that all children in the 21 local government areas of the state are immunized.
The Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Information and Culture, Alhaji Shuaibu Aliero, disclosed this on Saturday at a one-day workshop organised by the ministry and UNICEF for media practitioners in Birnin Kebbi.
He said the state government would not relent in its efforts to ensure that all killer diseases that affect children were eradicated from communities in the state.
“We have showed enough commitment in this regard, but we must ensure that our children are healthier, protected and developed,” he said.
“We will do everything humanly possible to combat any disease that will cripple their bright future,’’ he said, noting that children are the future of the society.
Aliero commended the people of the state for the support they gave polio immunisation programmes.
He also called on them to ensure that they adequately patronise health facilities in the state, saying that health facilities were built for the common good of the people of the state.
Earlier, the Director of Information, Alhaji Garba Hamisu, enjoined journalists to assist in disseminating health related information to the public as part of their corporate responsibilities to support the efforts of the health sector in the state.
