Don support polio eradication campaign with N160m

The gesture complements Rotary International’s contribution to polio eradication.Announcing  the donation of $1 million to Rotary International during his presentation at PolioPlus workshop in Portugal recently , Offor said he was fulfilled when he received confirmation from Rotary that his initial $250,000 contribution to PolioPlus was used immediately in the campaign to eradicate polioOffor, said, […]

The gesture complements Rotary International’s contribution to polio eradication.
Announcing  the donation of $1 million to Rotary International during his presentation at PolioPlus workshop in Portugal recently , Offor said he was fulfilled when he received confirmation from Rotary that his initial $250,000 contribution to PolioPlus was used immediately in the campaign to eradicate polio
Offor, said, “In Nigeria, we have lost friends to polio and other dreaded diseases.  But polio should have no place in our world,” even as a team of Indian Rotarian doctors and volunteers visited Abuja last December to carry out nearly 400 surgeries on children with polio, giving them greater comfort, mobility, and life opportunities,.
“Therefore, today, I am giving an additional $1million to PolioPlus. I hope that this will inspire others with means far greater than mine, to join the fight to end polio in Nigeria. Polio can be eradicated in my country, in my life time, and it will be.
“It is my deepest hope that my financial contribution and my work with the Rotary leadership in Nigeria, will inspire all Nigerians to work together to bring about the final, permanent, and irreversible eradication of polio,” he said with optimism.
According to Offor, many countries have prevailed in eradicating polio, adding that this terrible disease still exists in Nigeria.
Offor further disclosed that Nigeria was adopting the Indian model in the fight against polio, saying: “We are utilizing a Rotary model that was effectively used in India to help dispel myths and fallacies surrounding immunizations in the remaining pockets of those communities where resistance is evident.”
Offor, who is Aks Foundation Circle member of Rotary, said that there still exists a high level of suspicion about immunizations, particularly in the northern part of Nigeria.
Rotary agreed to raise $200 million in matching funds by June 2012, and when the organization achieved its goal six months ahead, the Gates Foundation granted Rotary an additional $50 million.