Tinubu-Ojo commends FG for including Measles Rubella in immunization schedule

By Ochiaka Ugwu

Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief (Mrs.) Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for the initiative to include the Measles Rubella vaccine in Nigeria’s immunization schedule.

Tinubu-Ojo in press statement Wednesday on the Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign said that as a mother, she called on all caregivers and women in Nigeria to protect children from vaccine preventable diseases especially Measles-Rubella with the safe and potent vaccine during the upcoming Vaccination Campaign.

The statement noted, “Iyaloja General, Chief (Mrs.) Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has lent her voice to the Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign when she received in audience the Advocacy Team from Centre for Well-being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions (C-WINS) led by Dr. Nihinlola Mabogunje and Dr. M.Z. Mahmud.

“In an emotion laden but authoritative voice, the Iyaloja General stated that “As one of the renowned national advocates of public health, I stand in strong support of the Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign, which will commence in October 2025 and urge all families, especially market women to ensure their children receive this life-saving vaccine.

“She further stated that it is disheartening Measles and Rubella diseases which are preventable continue to affect children in Nigeria, often leading to severe birth defects, lifelong disabilities including blindness, deafness, holes in the heart, mental impairment and even death.

“The good news is that mothers in Nigeria can now prevent these childhood diseases, protect our children and ensure they grow healthy and strong with a combination Measles Rubella vaccine which has been tested, approved, and confirmed to be potent and safe by the Nigerian government and global health experts.

“She called on the government to fulfill its commitment towards making the introduction successful by releasing funds timely (FGoN $6.5m. and States &LGAs $0.34 equivalent of N500 per child).

“She went on to urge all market women and families to support the efforts of the government by taking their children aged 9 months to 15 years to the nearest vaccination centers during the campaign in October 2025 and at health centers across the country after the campaign for routine immunization” it stated.