The sultan, who was in Kaduna on Wednesday, headed a strategic meeting with traditional leaders and development partners to chart a way forward, organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in partnership with the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development.

The meeting discussed the challenges preventing northern children from accessing immunisation services.

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In attendance were representatives of the United Children Trust Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe and other stakeholders.

He emphasized the traditional institution’s commitment to ensuring that communities benefit from routine immunisation.JAMB Result

According to him, the meeting was to discuss with traditional leaders ways to reach out to totally inaccessible and displaced communities of Kaduna, Niger, and Katsina states to ensure every child in the north is immunised.

“We do not lack support from our people, what we lack is implementation and that is why the north is lagging behind in immunisation.”

Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad Mere, the Emir of Argungu, who is the chairman of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care, stressed the need to convene the meeting arose from the situation report received by the first quarter NTLC review meeting from Zamfara.JAMB Portal

According to him, in his report to the meeting, the Zamfara State NTLC representative stated that the devastating security situation in the state has made access to many communities and children difficult or impossible, creating a risk of the outbreak of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, especially the mutated vaccine-derived polio virus.

He stated that Zamfara currently has the highest burden of the disease in the country, and the strain of the virus from the state has been found in 28 states in Nigeria and 29 countries across Africa, saying that following detailed discussions of the report from Zamfara, it was noted that similar security situations also exist in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states.NYSC Portal 

He added the meeting would take situation reports and mitigation suggestions from 48 districts of 34 LGAs from Kaduna, Niger, and Katsina states and urged the district heads to speak sincerely about the situation in their areas of administration and suggest how best they think the government and development partners can work with them to ensure that every child and mother is reached with a vaccine and desired medical support.