103 households resist polio immunisation in Bauchi

No fewer than 103 households in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State have resisted the administrating of the Polio Plus Vaccines Immunisation during the just concluded exercise in the area.The Director, Primary Health Care of the council, Garba Abbati, said this recently in Misau while speaking with newsmen.Abbati explained that 90 households had their cases resolved through the intervention of traditional and religious rulers.He further explained that the remaining households were yet to be resolved, adding that efforts were being intensified by both the council and traditional rulers to resolve the issue.Abbati said that the cases of non-compliance were recorded in all the 16 wards within the council.He attributed the high cases of such incidence to shortage of plus items such as bathing soap, biscuits and others used to entice parents and children for the exercise.Abbati added that 'only 189 items of plus were procured and distributed to households in the 16 wards within the area during the four-day exercise''.He announced that 76,809 children were immunised during the period as against 75,000 targeted.Abbati said 224 personnel including supervisors, vaccinators, recorders and monitors were used for the exercise.He further disclosed that 83,000 doses of vaccines were used during the exercise while the local government did not release any money from the N2 million budgeted for the exercise.
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