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Covid-19 Vaccine: FG is targeting 70% coverage of Nigerians— Director On Kindly Share This Story: The Executive Director, National Primarily Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaibu, has said that the Federal Government was targeting vaccinating 70 percent of Nigerians against Covid-19. Shuaibu, who disclosed this during a webinar hosted by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, on the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine, on Thursday, in Kaduna, added that 30 percent of those eligible will be vaccinated under the first phase, while the remaining 40 percent would receive their own vaccine under the second phase. He also disclosed that the first phase of the vaccination would prioritize Health workers and aged people, with underlying health challenges, stressing that the government was doing everything possible to ensure that those targeted were vaccinated to curb the spread of the Virus.