The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the Kano government for scaling up COVID-19 vaccination.

The WHO country representative, Walter Mulombo, gave the commendation on Wednesday when he visited Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano.

He praised the government for applying the same strategy it used for polio, culminating in eradicating the disease.

”Sometime in the past, the Kano state was number 34 in COVID-19 vaccination exercise. But because of your commitment, Your Excellency, Kano is now number four in the exercise, which is a tremendous achievement indeed,” said Mr Mulombo. “Because of how your administration is scaling up the exercise, some African countries are copying from the Kano government’s effort around that area.” 

Mr Ganduje appreciated the WHO and other development partners for strengthening institutions and human resource development in the state and the country.

”While we are thanking you for all your efforts, we are still battling malnutrition. Because of the high cost of dealing with this issue, we are now looking inward to make use of our local supplements,” said the Kano governor. “We are therefore requesting partnership in this area of malnutrition. We also need partnership in the area of public laboratories.”

(NAN)