CITY NEWS Immunisation: AMAC goes tough FRSC special marshals hold on non-compliant parents national patrol in Abaji
The Chairman Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has urged parents to present their children for immunisation and disregard false information against the exercise. of
He said the council would not condone parents’ failure to present their children for immunisation anymore, stressing that the council was committed to producing polio and measles free generations.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Dayo Lawal, Candido at a meeting with traditional rulers, religious and political leaders as well as health workers in the council solicited their support in ensuring a successful immunisation campaign.
“The council has noticed with utmost dismay that many of our people do not allow their children to be inoculated during immunisation campaigns, probably because of rumours and false information that fly around, thereby causing problems to other innocent children.
“It is on this premise that we call on all stakeholders involved to put all hands on deck to achieve a measles and polio free generation.
“There is dire need for total synergy among all of us in order to come out successful, especially during this forthcoming measles campaign that will start on 8 February, 2018,” he said. The special marshals of the FCT command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday embarked on a special patrol in Abaji town.
The FCT coordinator of the FRSC special marshals, Eng. Usman Adaji, who spoke during the national patrol, said that 26 unit commands across the territory converged on Abaji for the exercise.
He said the marshals held the special patrol in Abaji unit command because of its strategic position of being the gateway to the FCT, adding that the Lokoja-Abaji-Abuja road was notorious for heavy gridlock and crashes.
Adaji, therefore, cautioned members of the special marshals that anybody found wanting would be shown the way out.
Also speaking, the Abaji unit commander of the FRSC, ACC Olasupo Esuruoso, appreciated the FCT command of the FRSC special marshals for coming to Abaji, to engage in the special patrol.