Anambra Governor’s wife, Mrs. Nonye Soludo has urged nursing mothers to sustained vaccination of their children in state.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that Mrs. Soludo gave the charge while speaking to Journalists shortly after admitting poliomyelitis vaccine to some babies at Amawbia Primary Healthcare Center, Amawbia -Awka, as part of activities to commemorate world polio day.
According to the governor’s wife, as it stands today, there is no recorded case of poliomyelitis in Anambra State and it has been like that in the past ten years because Anambra women are very corperative in given greater attention to their children.
“The day provides an opportunity to highlight global efforts toward a polio-free world and honor the tireless contributions of those on the frontlines in the fight to eradicate polio from every corner of the World.
Mrs Soludo while commending the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the management of Nonye Soludo Healthy living Initiative and other health partners for their continuous advocacy of a healthy living, assure that the current administration of her husband, Chukwuma Charles Soludo will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that the virus is completely eradicated in Anambra State.
“Vaccination is the key to complete eradication. Get your children vaccinated and give them the gift of life by preventing polio’. The governors wife said.