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NPHCDA clears air on claims 96 percent of Nigerians have received COVID-19 vaccine Published The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said only 96 percent of eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, said these eligible Nigerians have taken the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccines. Shuaib made the remark while refuting reports claiming that 96 percent of the total population of Nigerians have taken the vaccine. In a statement he issued, the NPHCDA boss described the reports as false. According to Shuaib...

  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said only 96 percent of eligible Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19.   Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, said these eligible Nigerians have taken the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccines.   Shuaib made the remark while refuting reports claiming that 96 percent of the total population of Nigerians have taken the vaccine.     According to Shuaib: “Only 96% of Eligible Nigerians in the First Phase of COVID-19 Vaccination Exercise have so far been Vaccinated with the first dose’   “Our att...

COVID-19: Experts worry over challenges as Nigeria rolls out vaccines On FG awaits additional 42m doses from Africa Union By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale With the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign weekend in Nigeria, the plan to vaccinate over 70 percent of the population between 2020 and 2021 began in earnest. The roll-out began at the National Hospital Abuja following a positive outcome of the final assessment by the  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. Last Tuesday, Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, bei...

Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft carrying 3.94 million doses of Oxford Astrazeneca vaccines arrives Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTER/NPHCDA Nigeria has taken delivery of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third West African country to take delivery under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast. x “I AM HERE, NIGERIA,” National Primary Health Care Development Agency tweeted on Tuesday. Over the coming months, Nigeria expects 16 million doses from COVAX, a facility for...

+ Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft carrying 3.94 million doses of Oxford Astrazeneca vaccines arrives Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTER/NPHCDA Nigeria has taken delivery of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third West African country to take delivery under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast. “I AM HERE, NIGERIA,” National Primary Health Care Development Agency tweeted on Tuesday. Over the coming months, Nigeria expects 16 million doses from COVAX, a facility for poor and middle-income countries co...