Katsina state leads in polio cases

Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation Unit of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said.

Mahmud said this in Katsina while speaking with journalists on Saturday.

He stressed that Katsina State recorded the highest number of polio cases out of the 88 confirmed cases in the country.

Mahmud, however, said that the state government has shown some seriousness in tackling the menace of polio once and for all.

“The governor emphasised that funds have been released not once or twice; he has directed the state Primary Health Care Development Agency to release funds for polio immunisation.

Mahmud expressed the hope that with level of the state government’s commitment, the polio problem would be soon addressed.

He called for consistent immunisation of children, soliciting the traditional rulers’ assistance in mobilising the people to partake in all polio-control and immunisation activities.