Bill Gate, alongside Aliko Dangote, joined Nigerian
president Muhammadu Buhari at the signing of the
updated Abuja commitment on polio eradication in
the Aso Rock villa.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has
tremendiously helped to maintain Nigeria’s polio-
free status, strengthen routine immunization.
The World Health Organization removed Nigeria
from the list of polio endemic nations in the world
in September last year.
This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted
transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing the country
and the African region closer than ever to being
certified polio-free.
President Buhari is reconstituting an enlarged
presidential task force on polio which would include
the 36 states’ governors to keep up the success
currently recorded.
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