Private Sector Can’t Import Covid-19 Vaccines, FG Warns

The Federal Government says the private sector is not allowed to import Covid-19 vaccines, adding that all vaccines must come through the government.
The Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, stated this, yesterday in an interview with newsmen.
Nigeria rolled out its vaccination programme against the lethal Coronavirus infection, last Friday with about four million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine.
The vaccine was earlier approved for use in the country by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
President Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were vaccinated against the virus, last Saturday on Live TV to demonstrate the safety of the vaccine.
Nigerians, who wish to receive the vaccines, are enjoined to register on the website of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
Speaking, yesterday, the minister said private sector participation of the vaccine distribution was not allowed at the moment and the government won’t be responsible for any outcome of such “backdoor channel”.