Gumel Local Government Council inside Jigawa on Sunday, say them don start the vaccination of 43,380 pikins for the November round of polio vaccination exercise. Alhaji Yusif Tudun-Wada, the Council Immunisation Officer, talk am for Gumel say the vaccination been start on Saturday and e go end on Nov. 5.
Him say the council don receive 41,340 doses of polio vaccines from the state government so far, for the exercise. Them agree say them go give us more doses when we finish the ones wey dey available now. The official say them don recruit 324 Adhoc staff, wey them don deploy to 11 wards inside the area for the exercise.
Alhaji Habu Magaji, the Primary Healthcare Development Agency Manager inside the area, thank the council for the 30 cartons of chocolates wey them been buy so that them go use catch the children for the vaccination. Him cut-cap sev for religious leaders and traditional rulers for mobilising their people and subjects for the vaccination.
