The World Health Organization, WHO yesterday September 25 announced that  Nigeria has successfully stopped transmission of polio in the country. Nigeria hasn’t recorded a case of polio caused by wild poliovirus since July 2014 and the last recorded case of wild poliovirus in all of Africa occurred in August 2014 in Somalia. 

A UN official said in a statement, “This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus bringing the country and the African region closer than ever to being certified polio free.”