Covid-19: Jigawa Emerges 2nd In Nigeria's Vaccine Coverage As Badaru Awards 3 LGA

Gov. Muhammad Badaru

By Salisu K Ismail

Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State  has hailed the immense commitment and support by stakeholders especially Local Government Chairmen, Jigawa State Primary Health Care Agency for the state occupation of 2nd position in vaccine coverage in the country .

 

Badaru said the efforts of the state government in massive investment in the health sector and creating awareness on the Covid -19 mass vaccinations resulted to the state recording a great milestone with one of its local government areas –Roni achieving a 95 of vaccine coverage which is the best among the 774 Local government of the country.

 

Represented by his deputy, Mallam Umar Namadi, Gov Badaru  disclosed during an award given ceremony to the best three performing local governments of Roni, Kazaure and Guri in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination exercise in the state.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Dutse by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro, the governor said that, "his administration since the outbreak of COVID-19, has been proactively taking all the necessary measures for prompt containment of the virus including the implementation of sundry programmes designed to mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic on the people of the state.

 

In their separate remarks the Permanent Secretary ,Jigawa State Ministry of Health ,Dr Salisu Muazu and Executive Secretary Jigawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Kabiru Ibrahim stressed  that mass vaccination is a global and nationwide measure adjudged by both global health bodies  and National Primary Health Care Development Agency to effectively combat the obviously rampaging pandemic.

 

They noted that so far, 617,000 people are vaccinated and the Ministry and Primary Health Care agency has received deserved commendations from both the NPHCDA for its total determination in maintaining its pace since the commencement of the exercise in Nigeria and appealed to residents of Jigawa State who has not been vaccinated to get immunized against the rampaging pandemic

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According to the statement, the  Chairman of Kazaure local government Muhammad Muhktar while responding on behalf of the awardees, urged his colleagues to  work assiduously with stakeholders in ensuring the target mass vaccination is met in the next few weeks across the state.