The Deputy Governor of Kwara, Kayode Alabi, made the call during the inauguration of polio vaccination at the Okelele Primary Health Care Facility in Kwara on Friday.
Mr Alabi, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Health, Abubakar Ayinla, warned that “polio is deadly to children.”
He explained that the essence of the vaccine was to protect children across the state against polio.
According to him, the state government will leave no stone unturned to get healthy citizens, who are safe and protected.
The Executive Secretary of the Primary Health Care Development Agency, in the state, Nusirat Elelu, said the state government was very particular about maternal and child health.
Mrs Elelu said that Nigeria had joined the League of Nations free from polio, but sadly, it had resurfaced in some parts of the country.
She said that there was the need for a continuous vaccination across the 16 local government areas of the state.
She revealed that the polio vaccine would be conducted from house-to-house and administered to children under five years old.
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