By Chioma Umeha
The Ogun State Primary Health Care Board (OGSPHCB)
says it would continue with its new strategy aimed at capturing more eligible
children under the ages of 0-5 years, in its bid at ensuring total eradication
of Polio in the state and in compliance with world standard on campaign against
polio,.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde
Ipaye made this known when he led the State Monitoring Team of year 2017,
National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs), to Ijebu-Ode, during the 2nd round of
the programme
Dr. Ipaye, maintained that the present
administration in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) was
committed to making the state Polio free as the state had not recorded any case
of polio since 2009.
“Ogun remains polio free state since 2009 and we
don’t want to rest on our oars as we will continue to maintain our status as
polio free state, we thank the government for their efforts and the good people
of the state for standing resolutely for our vendors for the immunization”,
Ipaye said.
He commended the religious leaders, schools,
houses visited as well as the parents and guardians for being receptive of
government effort at ensuring the complete well being of children across the
state, adding that government could have not recorded huge success without the
support of residents.
In the same vein, the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry, Dr. Nofiu Aigoro urged the health workers to strive harder in order
to cover the areas allocated to them, including the remote areas which people
might not believe that they might do.
