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The FG MDAs Bar Unvaccinated visitors from entering government buildings
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the federal government on Tuesday tightened enforcement of their directives on compulsory COVID-19 vaccination.
This online media platform also confirms that the Lagos State Government stated that all attendees of social events in the state must present their vaccination cards.
The central government, which on December 1 disallowed unvaccinated civil servants from accessing their offices, on Tuesday barred visitors that were not vaccinated from government buildings in Abuja, Punch reports.
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The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, had in October said civil servants without proof of vaccination and negative coronavirus tests would not be allowed to enter their offices as from December 1, 2021.
On Wednesday last week, security agents started barring unvaccinated civil servants from government buildings.
On Tuesday, the Federal Government went a step further in enforcing its compulsory vaccination order when it stopped contractors, journalists and other regular visitors from entering various ministries in the Federal Capital Territory.
Responding to a question on whether the restriction of unvaccinated workers ought to be extended to journalists and others, the Head of Technical Secretariat, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, simply said, “it is not out of order.”
This online media platform gathered that over 10 federal ministries are located in the Federal Secretariat complex and the Office of the Civil Service of the Federation.
The ministries located at the secretariat include The Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Special Duties, the Ministry of Aviation, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
This online media platform also gathered that three Punch Newspaper correspondents were denied access to various ministries for failing to present vaccination cards.
An unnamed security guard disclosed to a Punch correspondent that the move had become necessary because civil servants could pose as visitors and gain access.
“We were asked not to allow anyone without vaccination cards to gain access. Some people who are civil servants could easily pose as visitors or contractors in order to gain access. So, the instruction is that anyone without vaccination cards should not be allowed in,” he said.
On another occasion, another Punch reporter who was going to cover an event at the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, showed the security man his identity card, stating that he is a journalist and was there to cover an event but he was not allowed to access the building around 11 am on Tuesday.
“The only thing I want to see is your vaccine card, not an ID card,” the security man told the reporter.
The reporter and others without the COVID-19 vaccination card were later directed to a tent opposite the secretariat, where the vaccine was being administered.
It was observed that both guests and employees of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development were asked to show their vaccination cards before being allowed entry into the FMARD’s building.
Employees of the ministry who had been vaccinated gained entry into the ministry’s building located at Area 11 in the Federal Capital Territory.
The development made guests who had yet to be vaccinated leave the vicinity, to avoid being denied entry at the entrance of the building.
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