Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, will join members of Rotary Club, Nigeria, to raise awareness on total eradication of polio by 2014.

Rotary has introduced a Bike-A-Thon programme in collaboration with Cycology, a cycling club, as platform to achieve this goal.

Addressing newsmen at an event to unveil Akindele as a polio ambassador in Lagos, the Chairman, Rotary Committee on Polio, Dr. Funsho Olatunji, explained that the Bike-A-Thon is a one-day programme designed to mark the World Polio Day, which comes up on October 24.

Olatunji said the programme would involve registered riders cycling round Lagos, led by Akindele and other celebrities.

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