FG explains why Nigeria can’t start local production of COVID-19 vaccines yet Published The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has said that local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start now in Nigeria. Ehanire made this known in Abuja at the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) briefing, explaining why local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start in the country at the moment as the world continues to fight vaccines nationalism. The minister attributed the delay to the government’s inability to procure the required technology for production. He said that the N10 billion earmarked by the National Assembly for that purpose is intact.