Polio: Immunization is safe – Jigawa monarch tells subjects

The Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Muhammad Hamim Nuhu Sanusi has disputed misconceptions that the polio vaccine was intended to halt women from giving birth.

He stated this astatine launching of polio vaccine workout organized by the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) successful concern with the Jigawa authorities Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA) astatine Jiba colony successful Dutse section authorities area.

Addressing the assemblage (Jiba) known implicit the years for their wont of rejecting the polio immunization, the monarch said the vaccine is harmless and healthy.

The Emir dispelled wide misconceptions surrounding immunization among agrarian communities, stressing that claims that the vaccine is harmful were not true.

He said, “I privation to gully your attraction to the ongoing polio immunization. It is escaped from immoderate harm, we volition not o.k. thing that volition origin harm to you oregon your children.

“If you tin callback my father, the precocious Emir Muhammad Sanusi utilized to immunize his children and grandchildren to show the value of the immunization to the people.

“When the contented of immunization started and radical started saying that it was intended to halt women from giving commencement which is not true, women who are immunised person a greater chances of giving commencement to much babies due to the fact that they are healthier, beardown and much productive.”

Director, Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA) Dr. Hassan Shuaibu Kwalam said the nonsubjective of the polio immunization workout is to destruct the microorganism successful the authorities and the state astatine large.

Dr Hassan Shu’aibu Kwalam recalled that successful 2013, Nigeria was certified polio-free, but regretted that the state is inactive experiencing immoderate variants of the polio virus.

“And that’s wherefore this run is precise important due to the fact that we’re aiming to boost colonisation immunity and reach.

“We’re inactive struggling with immoderate cardinal indicators, particularly astir immoderate regular immunization. We privation to thrust connected the workout to standard up the regular exercise.

“We are targeting to execute astir 2 cardinal nether 5 children successful the ongoing polio immunization workout successful the authorities earlier the extremity of this month,” helium said.

In his connection the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Dr Lukman said crossed the world, 3 cardinal radical person been immunized against polio since 1988, bringing the illness to the brink of eradication.

But helium noted that the combat is not over, including successful Nigeria, due to the fact that debased vaccination rates are creating opportunities for polio outbreaks.

He noted that, precocious successful 2025, 18 cases of polio were reported successful 18 LGAs successful 9 states successful Nigeria.

“Two of these polio cases are successful Hadejia and Sule Tankarkar LGAs of Jigawa State. This is unacceptable and indispensable beryllium prevented,” Lukman said.