Breaking: Nigeria To Get COVID-19 Vaccines By February – NGF

• Nigeria will access COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February.
• Governor Kayode Fayemi claimed efforts are ongoing with the World Bank to ensure Nigeria accesses the vaccines
• Nigeria expects to take delivery of its first coronavirus vaccine doses in February.

The Nigeria Governors Forum, has said the country could access it’s COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February, 2021.

After a virtual meeting of state governors a communique signed and issued by the Forum’s Chairman, Kayode Fayemi disclosed efforts are ongoing with the World Bank to ensure Nigeria accesses the vaccines.

Fayemi made the revelations while briefing the forum on his meeting with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) on the roll-out of the vaccines.

According to the Ekiti state Governor, there is an arrangement for the World Health Organisation (WHO) “to facilitate pooled procurement and the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across developing countries.

Fayemi said: “Nigeria is among 12 countries in Africa that have indicated its readiness of the 92 qualified countries for the facility and will by end of February 2021 receive its first shipment of vaccines.”