Tuesday 25 October 2016

Senate probes diversion of $400m polio fund

The Senate on Monday said it was set to probe the alleged diversion of the $1.5m special intervention funds from the Federal Government to states for polio eradication. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, at a press conference to commemorate the World Polio Day on Monday, also announced that the Senate would soon begin an open investigation into the alleged abuse of the global fund for polio in Nigeria. Geneva-based Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation had indicted Nigeria for allegedly misusing funds meant for immunising millions of children against polio.

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