Adamawa commits N450M counter-funding in immunization activities, chairman ADSPHCDA

Adamawa commits N450M counter-funding in 2025 immunization activities, Chairman ADSPHCDA.

From Umar Dankano, Yola

The Adamawa state Primary health care development Agency, ADSPHCDA has concluded arrangements to commence National Immunization Plus Days with two (2) drops of oral polio vaccine in the state.

Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr. Suleiman Bashir Sa’idu gave the hint in Yola on Wednesday during a media engagement Christined “Mass Media Dialogue with journalists, social media youth influencers and partners” noting that, the immunization exercise is solely for building defense mechanism against all kinds of diseases.

Dr.Saidu stressed that the exercise is aimed at improving the usual routine immunization for more successes in the health care delivery services.He applauded the support and cooperation received from development partners especially the Unicef.

He observed that high level of traveling by people especially Nigerians to other locations globally attract vulnerability of diseases so the need to do vaccinations to protect our people with special emphasis to our children.

He urge the residents to accord their wards the needed health care services for healthy growth and to cooperate with the medical teams whenever at their homes for administration of vaccines all the time.

He explained that the awareness campaigns are collective responsibility announcing that, the government has just transmitted N100 Million to Unicef and N50 Million UNFPA as counter funding.

“The Adamawa state government has been committing a lot of efforts, resources both human, financial and material to improve the health care and well-being of the people.

“Health wise and resource wise, just yesterday,we transmitted N150 million. With N100 million to Unicef and N50 million to UNFPA while in the month of June, we transmitted N300 million to Unicef to get these nutrients to children in the state.

Earlier in his remarks, the Director, Disease control and immunization of the Agency,Dr. James Vasumu applauded the support and cooperation being given to the Agency by the media outfits in the state.

Dr.Vasumu said that the publicity being rendered by the practicing journalists in the print, electronic as well as the social media influencers have contributed immensely in the recorded successes by the Organization calling on more partnership.

He also commended the efforts of the development partners, traditional and religious leaders in promotion of the activities of the Agency in the state.

Delivering his remarks as the media representative at the dialogue former Adamawa state NUJ Chairman, Umar Dankano expressed gratitude to the Agency for the recognition given to journalists for doing their professional calling as partners in progress especially in health care delivery services.

Dankano announced that as a body, all journalists are advancing commitment to promotion of the activities of the Agency when ever the need arises with a view to contributing their quota in moving the state forward.