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COVID-19 vaccine: Nigeria’s procurement suffers setback over budget delay Kindly share this story: KAYODE OYERO The Federal Ministry of Health has yet to submit a budget proposal to the National Assembly for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines — over one month after the legislative arm of government asked the ministry to do so, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This has, however, begun to spark fears that the delay may affect the procurement of the much-awaited vaccines. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, had on December 22, 2020 told the Senate that the Federal Government would need abo...

Nigeria may spend over N540bn on COVID-19 vaccines • FG reveals plan to immunise over 120 million Nigerians • Minister, top health officials meet NASS Monday over funding Our correspondents NIGERIA may spend about $1.4bn (N540.4bn, at the official exchange rate of $1: N386) to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The figure is based on estimates of the World Health Organisation as regards the total amount of funds that Africa would need to pursue a vaccination drive. According to the WHO, Africa will need at least $9bn (N3.4tn) to procur...

Africa needs $9bn for 1.4bn COVID-19 vaccines doses – WHO Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja THE World Health Organisation says Africa will need at least $9bn to procure and distribute 1.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The Immunisation and Vaccines Development Programme Coordinator, WHO, D. Richard Mihigo, said this on Thursday at the WHO Africa online press briefing on ramping up preparedness for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Africa. Mihigo stated that there was a need to ensure an equitable and timely distribution of the vaccines. Responding to a question from The PUNCH, Mihigo said, “We will...

Davidson Irikpen The Chair of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured that Nigeria and other African countries will have access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January 2021. This is as the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday said Africa would need at least $9bn to procure and distribute 1.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines. A statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted Okonjo-Iweala as making this statement during a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama. “As long as one person has it in the world, n...