Dr Aloye Inaboya, Registrar, Public Health Department, Federal Medical Centre Keffi, has advocated the inclusion of meningitis vaccine as part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization.

Inaboye made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Keffi, Nasarawa.

He said that including the vaccine in the routine immunisation programme would enable the vaccination of individuals at intervals wherever they were in the country.

He said this would enable the government to reach out to various communities, thereby preventing the outbreak of the disease.