THE Kiyawa Local Government Council of Jigawa on Friday said it is targeting more than 80,000 children for vaccination against polio in the ongoing immunisation.
The Manager, National Programme on Immunisation (NPI), in the area, Alhaji Ashiru Mu’azu, said this through the council’s Information Officer, Malam Abdullahi Yakubu, in Kiyawa.
The June round of the immunisation exercise was expected to kick-off yesterday in the 27 local government areas of the state.
According to the NPI Manager, the state government has supplied 78,000 doses of Oral Polio Vaccines (OPVs) for the smooth conduct of the exercise.
He said that the children would be immunised against polio and other child-killer diseases between June 6 and June 9.