5.6m northern infants to get vaccine worth N32bn

The All Babies programme, implemented by New Incentives – All Babies Are Equal (NI-ABAE), said it has improved vaccine cold-chain coordination across northern Nigeria after disbursing over N32 billion in conditional cash transfers to caregivers and enrolling more than 5.6 million infants across 204 local government areas. This renewed commitment came during a two-day Cold […]

The All Babies programme, implemented by New Incentives – All Babies Are Equal (NI-ABAE), said it has improved vaccine cold-chain coordination across northern Nigeria after disbursing over N32 billion in conditional cash transfers to caregivers and enrolling more than 5.6 million infants across 204 local government areas.

This renewed commitment came during a two-day Cold Chain Stakeholders’ Roundtable Meeting held in Kano.

The session brought together 35 participants, including representatives from zonal and state cold-chain offices, the Kano State Primary Health Care Board, NI-ABAE officials and development partners from 14 northern states, including Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.

Opened by the Director of Stakeholder Relations, Nura Muhammad, and moderated by the Senior State Partnerships Manager, Abdulwahab Yusuf, the roundtable marked the sixth in-person session since 2023. Monthly virtual meetings have meanwhile sustained coordination across participating states.

Presenting the third-quarter 2025 Impact Report, Monitoring and Learning Officer II, Nana Ize, said the programme had made “steady progress in reducing zero-dose infants.”

Katsina and Zamfara states recorded the largest gains, each with a 40-percentage-point drop, while Kaduna achieved a 15-point reduction since rollout.

According to her, the programme now supports immunisation in 7,128 clinics and 60,000 settlements across the North, facilitating more than 85 million vaccinations since inception.

Abdulwahab Yusuf presented a comparative analysis of 2024–2025 vaccine-stock trends, citing national shortages of Rota vaccines, redistribution delays and incomplete data updates on OpenLMIS, Nigeria’s digital vaccine-tracking platform.

 

Stakeholders resolved to strengthen real-time data visibility, ensure timely OpenLMIS updates and enhance coordination between state and local government cold-chain units to minimise shortages before the end of Q4 2025.