Dr Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General, stated this on Sunday, October 25, during her assessment visit to Nigeria on the country’s polio eradication efforts, Leadership Newspaper reports.
She commended the federal government for its financial contributions to the fight and making sure that such is reflected on her domestic budget.
She said: “Lately there has been growing concern among the partners that the financial commitment at the state level appears to be declining and I hope it is not because we have achieved this landmark. Some states did not release funds for the recent vaccination rounds and we know that this will negatively affect the quality of the programme.I would to request and encourage the federal and state governments to continue meeting the financial commitments to sustain the momentum at polio eradication efforts. We have come a long way and we must until next two years when the country will have been certified free and we can turn attention to other things.”
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