Nigeria: Polio Spread Worries FG

13 November 2012

The spread of polio virus in some endemic states in the North has remained a source of concern to the government as the menace has turned into a national tragedy, the National Orientation Agency [NOA], has declared.

Director General of NOA, Mr. Mike Omeri, made this known at a sensitisation workshop for Chairmen of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), NOA Directors and officials of the Ministry of Health in Kano, yesterday.

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