AND EMERGING CHALLENGES TO POLIO ERADICATION is RECOMMENDATIONS ON OVERCOMING BARRIERS OF POUO ERADICATION 1S INTRODUCTION 17 METHODOLOGY 19 NORTHERN NIGERIA IN CONTEXT 20 HISTORY 21 GOVERNMENT & ADMINISTRATION 22 RELIGION 22 COLONIALISM 23 PRESENT SITUATION 23 BOKO HARAM 23 THE POLIO EPIDEMI