UNICEF, Jigawa Govt want media support in November Polio eradication campaign

From: Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Media to support Jigawa state government in November Polio eradication campaign in the state.
The call was made by Rahama Rihood Muhammed Farah, Chief of UNICEF Field Office Kano at Jigawa State Media Dialogue on November Polio Vaccination Campaign held at M-Town hotel Dutse.
“I urge the media to disseminate accurate information about polio vaccination and use various channels to mobilize caregivers, parents, communities and stakeholders to make children available for vaccination”, Farah said.
He explained that, for this round Nigeria targeting 42 million Children in 21 priority states in two phases starting from 29th November 2025 till 9th December 2025.
Mr Farah added that, Jigawa will be part of Block A States+ FCT and the date for this round is from 29th November till 2nd December 2025 across all 288 wards and 27 LGAs.
According to him, Jigawa has made some progress with 5 LGAs reporting cases this year compared to 6 LGAs in 2024. The total number of confirmed cVPV2 cases in 2024 was 12 whereas in 2025, as of now the state has reported 5 cases. (58% reduction).
“Let me highlight that the target set was to achieve a zero case count by December 2025, however, since this virus knows no boundaries, a case in point is that in 2025 the country has already reported 72 confirmed cVPV2 cases from 49 LGAs of 14 states. Therefore, we still need to be extra vigilant and work hard to prevent further relapses to stop the circulation.
“To stop this ongoing circulation, we must achieve at least 95% or higher vaccination coverage by immunizing all targeted children during every campaign.
“We also need to pay attention to Routine Immunization (RI), every LGA must have at least 80% of children 0-11 months fully vaccinated with three doses of Penta vaccine”, he said.