Bill Gates Signs Football in Nigeria ahead of World Cup to support final push to Kick Polio Out of Africa.

As a show of support in the fight against Bill Gates signed the real ball while in Abuja, Nigeria this week. Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gave the Kick Polio Out of Africa (KPOA) campaign a boost today by signing the football which is traveling from Cape Town to Egypt ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Gates lauded Rotary's efforts to help kick polio out the continent -- and eventually out of the world. Gates also commended Nigeria for making significant gains in the fight against polio and urged them to finish the job. The ball was diverted from it's regular schedule at the request of the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates was scheduled to be in Abuja to meet with Government and community leaders and asked to sign the ball.

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