'At a stakeholders' forum
on the issue Gate said 'This is my fourth visit to Nigeria and every
year I come I see us get closer to our goal of polio eradication,'
Africa's
richest man, Aliko Dangote, attended the forum, as did President
Goodluck Jonathan and other dignatories and religious leaders including
the supreme head of Muslims in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'Ad
Abubakar.
'I have decided to be in partnership
with you and I will be excited when we reach this milestone and (there
is) no more polio' in the country, Gates said.
Gates,
wearing a traditional Nigerian flowing gown, or boubou, said some parts
of the country were slowing the overall progress made because they had
failed to run campaigns and do follow-up work.
He
urged a presidential task force working on polio eradication 'to track
these gaps', urging greater interaction between campaigners.
Source - sky news
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