Kano vows to prosecute health workers over fake polio vaccination

The Kano State government has vowed to prosecute health workers who mark children as vaccinated without actually administering the polio vaccine, warning that the practice endangers lives and will not be tolerated.

Rabiu Ibrahim, the State Social Mobilisation Officer at the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, said finger-marking children without vaccination exposes them to serious risk of contracting the disease.

“This is a dangerous and unacceptable practice,” Ibrahim said. “Measures are in place to ensure accountability during immunisation campaigns.”

He disclosed that independent supervisors have been deployed across vaccination sites to monitor compliance and ensure all eligible children receive the vaccine.

Ibrahim urged community members to report suspected misconduct, saying public cooperation was critical to the campaign’s success.

He also called on parents and caregivers to present their children for vaccination, reaffirming that the vaccine is safe and essential to protecting children from polio.