Nigeria Set To Receive 3.92 million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines

The Federal Government of Nigeria has indicated that about 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines will be arriving in Nigeria soon.

The vaccines are scheduled to take arrive on Tuesday, March 2, and this will mark the first arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

This also makes Nigeria the next West African country to benefit from the COVAX Facility after neighboring Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.

This was revealed in a recent statement by the Executive Director and Chief Executive of the NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib.

Part of the statement reads;

“The arrival of this vaccine is the result of the commitment of the Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of His Excellency, President Muhammandu Buhari, the support of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the guidance of the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire.

We are fully prepared to receive and deliver the vaccine to eligible Nigerians as we have commenced the training of health workers and ensured that cold chain facilities are ready at all levels. We have a robust cold chain system that can store all types of COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the required temperature.

We are therefore confident that we will have a very effective roll-out of the vaccine, starting with our critical healthcare workers, who are in the frontline in providing the care we all need.”