Polio: Coordinator arrested over diversion of vaccines

A team coordinator in charge of polio immunization at Bangida Baga ward in Bodinga LGA of Sokoto State has been arrested over alleged diversion of vaccines. The coordinator was said to have taken the vaccines meant for the ward to his personal residence. The Executive Director of the Primary Health Care Development Agency, Alhaji Adamu […]

A team coordinator in charge of polio immunization at Bangida Baga ward in Bodinga LGA of Sokoto State has been arrested over alleged diversion of vaccines.

The coordinator was said to have taken the vaccines meant for the ward to his personal residence.

The Executive Director of the Primary Health Care Development Agency, Alhaji Adamu Romo, said both the vaccines and the allowance given to him had been recovered by the police. He said that the agency had taken strict measures to forestall reoccurrence. Romo who inspected some wards in the area yesterday expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance by parents.