
Nigeria to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Consignment By February Ending
Nigeria is among the 12 countries in Africa that have indicated readiness to receive consignment of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of February.
The 12 African countries are among the 92 others that had qualified for the facility and will by the end of February 2021 receive first shipment of vaccines.
Disclosing this in a communiqué on Thursday after its 24th teleconference meeting held virtually in Abuja, the Nigerian Governors Forum also said it had set up a team of experts to advise it on the procurement and administration of the COVID-19 vaccines expected in the country in February.
The NGF revealed that members of the team, which will be led by renowned virologist and former Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, will include the Executiv