The National Primary Health Care Development Agency called it a “historic milestone for polio eradication in Nigeria and the global community” but warned against complacency.NPHCDA executive director, Faisal Shuaib, said eradicating all types of wild polio virus would be “one of the greatest achievements in human history.”“It will have a lasting, positive impact on the African continent and the world’s health system for generations to come.
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