By Suleiman Shehu
The Rotary Club of Ibadan City Central on Tuesday vaccinated 40 pupils of Oke-Bola Community Development Nursery and Primary School, Ibadan, alongside different kids in the neighborhood in opposition to polio.
The News (*40*) of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the membership organised the vaccination to commemorate the 2026 World Polio Day.
The membership’s president, Alhaja Halimat Omotosho, urged mother and father and guardians to make sure their kids aged 5 and beneath obtain vaccinations to guard them in opposition to polio, which she described as harmful.
She stated attaining a polio-free world required collective efforts of all stakeholders.
“We appeal to all parents and guardians to vaccinate their children. Together we can end polio,” Omotosho stated.
The president highlighted Rotary’s dedication to bettering lives and addressing societal challenges by humanitarian service and group engagement.
She reaffirmed the membership’s guideline: “Service Above Self”, which she stated mirrored dedication to serving communities and making a constructive distinction in folks’s lives.
Narrating her expertise, Mrs Abidemi Ibiyode, a sufferer of polio on the left leg, stated she was affected on the age of three.
Ibiyode, who’s now 44 years outdated, stated that her husband divorced her as a result of he might not endure the stigmatisation of marrying a disabled individual.
She, nevertheless, thanked God and her mother and father for caring for her as a single mom.
Ibiyode urged mother and father to vaccinate their kids in opposition to polio and different infections. (NAN)
Edited by Maureen Ojinaka and Moses Solanke
