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June 30, 2019
Chairman, NigerianNational Polio Plus Committee, Tunji Funsho has said Nigeria would save about500 million dollars in 10 years, if certified polio free, as about 50 milliondollars is spent on containing wild polio virus annually.
Speaking at theunveiling of Phyno and Timaya as polio Ambassadors, Funsho said Nigeria isabout three months away from being certified polio free by World HealthOrganisation WHO.
He said by August,Nigeria would have gone three years without recording any case of Wild PolioVirus, a prerequisite by World Health Organisation, WHO to certify the countrypolio-free.