Some communities in Jos North Local Government of Plateau state, have refused to participate in the on-going immunisation exercise against polio, citing hunger as their reason.

“The communities have shunned entreaties by the immunisation officers; they say the vaccine should be replaced with food,” Mrs Hannatu Davat, the Local Immunisation Officer, told newsmen in Jos on Monday.

The immunisation exercise, which began on Jan. 28, is co-sponsored by the local government in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the Nigerian Rotary Club.

The four-day exercise, targeted at children below five years, vaccinates the group against polio and other killer diseases including hepatitis, measles, yellow fever and tetanus.

Davat explained that the parents, who rejected the vaccine, asked the government to rather work toward slashing the prices of food items.

She said that other residents, who refused to participate, claimed that they had collected too many rounds of the vaccination, while others described the vaccines as “’western medicine”.

The officer further said that even doctors rejected the vaccines on the grounds that government was paying too much attention to polio while neglecting other serious diseases.

“The local government has reported the development to the Plateau chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), who have promised to ensure that no doctor rejects any polio vaccines meant for children.

“One of the doctors mentioned Mumps as one of the diseases being neglected, and described it as a serious disease which government hardly worry about.”

Davat said that the local government had set up a social mobilisation team that was moving through affected communities to sensitise them on the importance of taking the vaccines.

“Based on such efforts, some of the communities have changed their initial stance and are ready to bring their children, but others have remained adamant,” she said.

The officer, who refused to name the specific communities, however, revealed that three wards were involved.

“We have seven rounds of immunisation this year and this is just the first round; if we are not able to resolve the lingering issues, we shall forward them to the state office for further action,” Davat said.

http://www.kikiotolu.com/2017/01/jos-communities-reject-polio-vaccine.html

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Apc was such in a hurry to collect party from the ruling power that they forgot to also collect the operating manual from them. Now its a shame to say our presido put the plane on auto pilot mode and left the copilot In charge



Finally FTC no be small thing

Buhari has killed and abandoned us. Heard he was last seen having meal with a Governor while the citizens are starving to death.

I don't blame them jare. Hunger kills faster than polio in my world.

Hunger, a fastest App that can restore zombies brain to default .

Oga sarrki good morning sir




Please can you "patriotically" tell Buhari to forward what he's eating in Rondon to this people? They're very hungry and a hungry man is angry man.

Person never chop u wan giv am vaccine

But People of Plateau state are mainly farmers na.

I blame Tinubu, Amaechi and Okorocha

G

And that's how Buhari turned the whole of Nigeria into IDP camp

Shebi na person wey dey healthy go fit chop.
Their anger is in order bur they shouldnt trade food for health

Ha..... ha wetin i go even talk sef

You can carry Poilo for 40 year but you can't carry hunger for 40 days, scale of preference noni

I never see a government so useless like buhari government

The Hunger in the Land is real but unfortunately our political leaders don't give a damn.

Poverty is bad

Hunger is real just as polio is!

nothing wey i neva see unda da dollard

Pity it is the Children that will suffer for the greed of their parent

K

One of the major problem in the North, yes I know there is hunger in town, but you guys shouldn't reject polio vaccine... You will now see them begging with polio everywhere when they won't take the vaccine at the right time cos of religion believe...

A hungry man is an angry man!! Buhari please don't let lose this 3% hope I still have in you..

Hmmmmmm,

That's reality in the land..... But take vaccine first

very Shameful as a country that the youths, most of which are seemingly educated are supporting this ? are they victims of natural disaster is it not shameful that communities are begging for food ? what happened to their lands ?

I use to hear that Just has the best farming weather in the whole country, I use to hear of tomato jos... so hv these lands suddenly stopped producing food ? are these communities waiting to be fed by the govt when nothing is wrong with them ?
and the first sily youths are as dumb as to say "food is more important than Immunisation" You source For food fools, that's where Human dignity comes in, you don't seat down to beg for it.

Illiteracy is a disease.

The same people that were shouting "chanji dole" are complaining hunger, enjoy ur hunger and don't disturb us. After GEJ eradicated polio PMB will begin to spray it, chai.......

Sarrki where are you?

may God help us and see through.. AMEN

See wetin buhari cause now na wa oo!