…only about 2m Nigerians got vaccinated
By Zayamu Hassan
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said that only 1,929, 237 million eligible Nigerians have so far been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a statement signed by the Executive Director of the agency, Dr Shuaib Faisal, this figure represents 96 percent of the eligible population of Nigerians in the first phase of the vaccination exercise.
While debunking the erroneous media report, Dr Faisal said: “Our attention has been drawn to publications in some national dailies indicating that 96 percent of the total eligible population of Nigeria have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine so far; a figure purportedly obtained from the Press Conference organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
“This is not the correct statistics. Nigerians are aware that the Federal Government of Nigeria has, till today, taken delivery of only a total of 4,024 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
“This is made up of 3,924,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility arrangement and 100,000 doses of the same vaccine donated by the Government of India.
“This vaccine is sufficient to cover approximately 2 Million Nigerians targeted in this phase of vaccination with 2 complete shots. “
He applauded the media for their consisted support to the vaccination process since inception.
“While we commend the media for the good job of consistently publicizing the activities of government, particularly, the COVID-19 vaccination rollout nationwide, since March this year, we, however, appeal that greater attention be paid to statistical details in future so that members of the public can remain guided by correct and truthful information, all the time.”
