The Emir of Hadejia in Jigawa, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar, on Monday directed members of the emirate council to ensure close monitoring of the on-going measles integrated immunization.
Adamu gave the directive while reviewing progress report of the council on the conduct of the exercise in Hadejia.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Ministry of Health, in collaboration with National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Oct. 5, embarked on massive immunisation.
The exercise is against measles, cerebral spinal meningitis (CSM), polio and other killer diseases.
Adamu said that the monitoring was imperative to ensure participation and facilitate successful conduct of the exercise.
“Community leaders are closer to the people; we should ensure monitoring in order to eradicate child killer diseases in the state,” he said.
The emir also called on religious leaders to be more committed in creating awareness on the exercise.
Earlier, Alhaji Abdulkadir Maje, a council member, said that a team of members from the council had inspected the exercise in Auyo, Kafin-Hausa and Kaugama local government areas.
Maje expressed satisfaction with the level of participation of the communities so far visited in the exercise.
NAN reports that an estimated 1.5 million children are targeted for immunisation in the 27 local government areas of the state. (NAN)
