Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said yesterday that Nigeria doesn’t need more than N150 billion to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said in December 2020 that the federal government needs about N400 billion for COVID-19 vaccines. According to Ehanire, N400 billion would be required to vaccinate 70 percent of Nigeria’s […]
Nigeria will receive 16 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines before the end of February, an official has said. This will replace the initial 100,000 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech approved vaccines expected in the country. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, announced the new […]
Nigeria says the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and logistics due to no fault of Nigeria.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, said the issue of vaccine was a serious one to government which […]
The Federal Ministry of Health has yet to submit a budget proposal to the National Assembly for the procurement of COVID – 19 vaccines — over one month after the legislative arm of government asked the ministry to do so , Sunday. This has , however , begun to spark fears that the delay may […]
Nigeria has secured an additional 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday. However, the date of the vaccine’s delivery into the country remains unknown as vaccine manufacturers struggle to meet global demand in time. “We do not have an exact date,” Dr Ehanire said during an appearance […]
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Health has asked the Ministry of Health to suspend further action on the plans to utilize the N10 billion released to them by the Ministry of Finance, to fund the production of COVID-19 vaccines. The committee took the decision on Wednesday, following its dissatisfaction with the explanation of the […]
American philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Federal Government (FG) against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price for COVID-19 vaccines. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and […]
The Federal Government has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients who need oxygen. This disclosure emerged at the first National Economic Council meeting of the year presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, with State Governors, […]
Executive Secretary, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, Tuesday against assured Nigerians on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines outside the storage facility. He spoke in Abuja during the facility tour of the three new Ultra Cold Chain (UCC) and other storage facilities ahead of the arrival of the first set of 100,000 doses […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Tueday said that the demand for oxygen at the COVID-19 isolation centres to in the state has risen to over 300 daily, calling on the residents to comply with the safety guidelines to prevent being infected with the deadly virus. The governor, who also urged the residents in the […]
