Sir: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria a polio-free country. One year is completed and not a single case has been reported in Nigeria. Now it is counted among the polio-free countries, which is a great achievement. Nigeria is among those countries that were the victims of terrorism, but it struggled hard and succeeded in stopping the transmission of wild poliovirus. As recently as 2012, Nigeria accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide. Since then, a concerted effort by all levels of government, civil society, religious leaders and tens of thousands of dedicated health workers have resulted in Nigeria successfully stopping polio. More than 200,000 volunteers across the country repeatedly immunised more than 45 million children under the age of five years, to ensure that no child would suffer from this paralysing disease. Innovative approaches, such as increased community involvement and the establishment of Emergency Operations Centres at the national and state level, were also pivotal to Nigeria’s success. Eradicating polio will be one of the greatest achievements in human history, and have a positive impact on global health for generations to come. Nigeria has brought the world one major step closer to achieving this goal and it is critical that we seize this opportunity to end polio for good and ensure future generations of children are free from this devastating disease.Now only Pakistan and Afghanistan remain to root out polio from the world. I request the governments of both countries to take necessary measures to eliminate this disease forever. PEER JAN Turbat