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August 23, 2019
Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF hasvowed to prioritize routine immunization coverage in their states to ensurethat Nigeria is declared polio free.
The forum’s Chairman and Ekiti StateGovernor Kayode Fayemi, made this known in a communiqué issued after theirmeeting in Abuja.
Fayemi said the Governors alsodecide to continue to support the actualization of universal health coverage inthe country following an update on the Basic Healthcare Fund and state healthinsurance agencies.
Deputy Chairman of the forum, andGovernor of Sokoto State Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, also briefed the forum aboutthe meeting between the forum and the African Development Bank.
Nigeria has not recorded any case ofpolio in the last three years and is on the verge of being certified polio freeby the World Health Organisation, WHO.
The forum had earlier received apresentation on polio eradication from Rotary International Nigeria PolioplusCommittee led by the chairman, Tunji Funsho.