ONDO State Governor, Dr. Olusegun
Mimiko has said winning the 2012 Bill and
Melinda Gates 2012 Challenge is an added
impetus to pursuing more aggressive health-
care projects in Ondo State. Mimiko received the award for the best
performing state in polio vaccination in the
South -West and Nigeria in general. The award was presented to him by Bill Gates
and Alhaji Aliko Dangote at an event in Abuja.
About 100 per cent coverage achievement was
recorded for oral polio vaccination in the last
concluded integrated measles campaign
exercise in the state. Also, 95 per cent was achieved in measles
vaccination across the state. Mimiko, who spoke at a forum to appraise the
extent of work done in the area of polio
vaccine administration and award of winners of
the 2012 Bill and Melinda Gates Polio Challenge
in Abuja, yesterday, said “the support of Bill
Gates and Nigeria’s own Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote are well thought-out interventions
that all Nigerians appreciate.” The Governor said his government had taken
noticeable pro-poor steps in ensuring good life
for the people of the state. Part of these steps he mentioned, included
interventions in infant and maternal health-
care, improved vaccination and immunisation
spread and providing free and qualitative
primary education, among others. At the award presentation, President Goodluck
Jonathan and Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, in separate
speeches, renewed commitments to make the
country polio-free next year. President Jonathan said the political era would
not deter the focused attention on the
eradication of polio in Nigeria. Gates, while renewing the commitment of his
foundation to the project, said he looked
forward to the possibility of total eradication of
the virus in Nigeria in the coming year. He asked government and other stakeholders
to make more commitments to the cause.
Gates urged the winners in the face of tough
range of indicators to do more to win again in
the 2013 challenge.
Mimiko has said winning the 2012 Bill and
Melinda Gates 2012 Challenge is an added
impetus to pursuing more aggressive health-
care projects in Ondo State. Mimiko received the award for the best
performing state in polio vaccination in the
South -West and Nigeria in general. The award was presented to him by Bill Gates
and Alhaji Aliko Dangote at an event in Abuja.
About 100 per cent coverage achievement was
recorded for oral polio vaccination in the last
concluded integrated measles campaign
exercise in the state. Also, 95 per cent was achieved in measles
vaccination across the state. Mimiko, who spoke at a forum to appraise the
extent of work done in the area of polio
vaccine administration and award of winners of
the 2012 Bill and Melinda Gates Polio Challenge
in Abuja, yesterday, said “the support of Bill
Gates and Nigeria’s own Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote are well thought-out interventions
that all Nigerians appreciate.” The Governor said his government had taken
noticeable pro-poor steps in ensuring good life
for the people of the state. Part of these steps he mentioned, included
interventions in infant and maternal health-
care, improved vaccination and immunisation
spread and providing free and qualitative
primary education, among others. At the award presentation, President Goodluck
Jonathan and Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, in separate
speeches, renewed commitments to make the
country polio-free next year. President Jonathan said the political era would
not deter the focused attention on the
eradication of polio in Nigeria. Gates, while renewing the commitment of his
foundation to the project, said he looked
forward to the possibility of total eradication of
the virus in Nigeria in the coming year. He asked government and other stakeholders
to make more commitments to the cause.
Gates urged the winners in the face of tough
range of indicators to do more to win again in
the 2013 challenge.
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