The Federal Government has sought the support of traditional rulers across Northern Nigeria to eliminate the country’s growing number of zero-dose children, urging them to intensify efforts to tackle vaccine hesitancy, identify missed communities and ensure every eligible child receives routine immunisation and other primary healthcare services.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, made the appeal on Wednesday at the Quarterly Review Meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care (NTLCC), where government officials, traditional rulers and development partners reviewed progress in routine immunisation, polio eradication and primary healthcare delivery across the 19 northern states.
Pate described the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee as one of Nigeria’s strongest platforms for advancing community health, noting that since its establishment in 2009, the body had contributed significantly to improving immunisation uptake, maternal and child health, nutrition and disease prevention.
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