FG Destroys Over One Million Doses Of Expired COVID-19 Vaccines

Over one million doses of expired Astrazeneca vaccinations supplied to tackle COVID-19 in the country have been destroyed by the federal government.

The vaccines were destroyed at Gosa Dumpsite near the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, supervised by Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).

Approximately 1,066,214 doses of outdated AstraZeneca vaccinations were removed from pharmacies across the country for disposal, as per his explanation on Wednesday.

“As you can see these vaccines have now been deposited by the Abuja Environmental Protection Agency.

“We have come through in our promise to all Nigerians to be transparent in our delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines.

“These vaccines did not expire before we took the decision to withdraw and destroy them. Today is an opportunity for Nigerians to have further faith in our vaccination programme.

“We worked with our sister agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, who took the decision to destroy these expired vaccines.

“The work that we do is the work that requires trust. It is a sacred trust that has been bestowed on us by the generalizing generality of Nigerians and hold that trust to be true,”