Nigeria, April 28 -- Four families in Gwiwa Tungar Dole, Wamakko Local Government Area, Sokoto State, have refused to allow their children to receive the oral polio vaccine during the ongoing house-to-house immunization campaign.

The families, including those of Alhaji Buban Illela Mai Engine and Bashir Muhammad from Gwiwa Gurgawo, stated that they are currently undergoing other medical treatments, which led to their decision.

A community leader, Magajin Lugga Alhaji Yusuf Umar Lagaza, disagreed with the reasons given, calling them unconvincing.

He assured that the vaccination team would return to the households to try again and encourage the families to allow their children to receive the vaccine.

The immunisation effort, which is su...