“Other areas to be visited include Fulani settlements, play grounds orphanage homes, prisons, designated health centres nearest to you and every special places where children ages 0-5years are found,’’ she said. Ameh said those category of children were to be immunise with oral polio and other childhood killer diseases vaccines. “Polio disease is very bad, it cripples children for life; causes of polio are polio virus through contaminated food or water by feaces of an infected person. “Polio has no cure it can only be prevented,’’ she said.

Ameh, therefore, urged parents to make their wards available for the exercise. She added that the slogan for this year’s exercise is: “Let’s keep Kogi free of polio forever. Inform your friends and relations.

Source:Leadership Online