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October 31, 2019
The National Economic Council, NECsays Nigeria is making conscious efforts toward achieving polio certificationby the year 2020.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambrastate stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the NECmeeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the PresidentialVilla, Abuja.
He said that the major highlightswere updates on disease control efforts by the Minister of Health, OsagieEhanire.
The Governor added that Nigeria issteadily progressing toward polio certification by June 2020; despite theprogress, there is still work to be done to sustain the current polio gains andstop the transmission of the circulating vaccine derived polio virus.
Obiano said that the Ministerappealed for timely release of states and local governments’ counterpartfunding for polio, yellow fever, measles, meningitis campaigns andestablishment of taskforce on immunisation.
He added that the Minister alsoappealed that the taskforce be chaired by deputy governors in states.