Buratai said Obasanjo almost retired him at the rank of a Major.
He disclosed this while handing over to Major General Ibrahim Attahiru who replaced him as the new COAS at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.
The former COAS, however, described his attainment of the rank of Lieutenant General and Chief of Army Staff as historic.
Buratai commended troops serving home and abroad, stressing that the Nigerian Army will never remain the same.
According to Buratai: “Former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost retired me 21 years ago when I was a Major. My retirement after 40 years of service is historic, hence, calls for gratitude”.
Access, funding hinder Africa’s path to getting Covid-19 vaccine
Tuesday December 15 2020
A woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Free hospital in London on December 8. PHOTO/AFP.
Summary
About 2.3 million people in Africa have contracted Covid-19 to date, of which more than 54,500 have died from the disease.
African countries are grappling with logistics how to distribute the vaccines which so far require ultra-cold temperatures.
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As many countries around the world are making important decisions about who gets vaccinated against Covid-19, Africa is increasingly on a razor edge as access to the vaccine is not guaranteed.
The challenge facing Africa is access: availability of the required vaccine doses and access to financing to make purchases.
Access, funding stand in Africa’s path to getting Coronavirus vaccine
As many countries around the world are making important decisions about who gets vaccinated against Covid-19, Africa is increasingly on a razor edge as access to the vaccine is not guaranteed.
The challenge facing Africa is access: availability of the required vaccine doses and access to financing to make purchases.
Specifically, Africa is scaling walls in the ongoing global race to access the vaccine as rich countries, representing just 13 percent of the world’s population, have already cornered more than half (51 percent) of the promised doses of leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates, according to Oxfam International.
As many countries around the world are making important decisions about who gets vaccinated against Covid-19, Africa is increasingly on a razor edge as access to the vaccine is not guaranteed.
The challenge facing Africa is access: availability of the required vaccine doses and access to financing to make purchases.
Specifically, Africa is scaling walls in the ongoing global race to access the vaccine as rich countries, representing just 13 percent of the world’s population, have already cornered more than half (51 percent) of the promised doses of leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates, according to Oxfam International.
Oxfam analysed the deals that pharmaceutical corporations and vaccine producers have already struck with nations for the five leading vaccine candidates currently in phase 3 clinical trials, based on data collected by Airfinity, the data and science analytics company.
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