‘No excuses’ – Bago orders full immunization coverage across Niger

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has declared immunization a non-negotiable responsibility, urging residents to dainty it arsenic an urgent work to support each kid and safeguard communities from preventable diseases.

Speaking done the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Murtala Muhammad Bagana, astatine the flag-off of the 2026 World and African Immunization Week astatine the Primary Health Care Centre on Peter Sarki Road, Tunga, the politician described the lawsuit arsenic a decisive telephone to enactment alternatively than a regular ceremony.

“Behind each vaccination is simply a beingness protected and a aboriginal secured,” helium stated, aligning with this year’s theme, “For Every Generation, Vaccines Work.”

Bago underscored the proven interaction of vaccines globally, noting that they person saved millions of lives, eradicated smallpox, and pushed polio to the brink of extinction.

He stressed that these milestones correspond existent quality stories—children who survived, families kept intact, and communities spared needless suffering.

Reaffirming his administration’s commitment, the politician said each 25 section authorities areas are afloat mobilised for the exercise, assuring residents that vaccines are free, safe, and effective.

He charged parents and caregivers to guarantee that nary kid misses retired connected regular immunization.

In his remarks, the Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government and erstwhile Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mustapha ...