COVID-19: NPHCDA Encourage Nigerians to get Vaccinated
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has again appealed to Nigerians who are yet to be vaccinated to get the COVID-19 vaccines.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, made the call at a one-day evaluation meeting for the COVID-19 vaccination exercise.
The meeting was organised by the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), an independent partner, assisting the NPHCDA to drive the campaign for vaccination against CoVID-19.
NSSF entered into an agreement with NPHCDA in Sept. 2021, to support the COVID-19 vaccination campaign across the country, but kick-started the project with six states, including Edo, Ogun, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Katsina and Imo. The goal, of the agreement, is to vaccinate one million eligible Nigerians in the States
Shuaib, represented at the meeting, by Dr Bassey Okposen, Director of Disease Control and immunisation/Programme Manager, COVID-19 vaccination war room, NPHCDA, said: ”the virus was still very much in circulation.
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”COVID-19 is still very active and there is a need for Nigerians to get vaccinated and stay safe.
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Also speaking, Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, General Manager/CEO, NSSF, stated that the organisation, conceptualised the meeting to get brief on the improvement of the vaccination on states the partner was already supporting.
She said with the coming of the independent partner, NSSF, the vaccination figure had risen from over four million Nigerians, where it was met, and had been able to increase the vaccination figure tremendously.
She added that the availability of the vaccine was not a challenge, but hesitancy is the major challenge, stressing that, NSSF was also working with NPHCDA to increase mobilisation and reduce vaccine hesitancy in other states.
Also contributing, Mr Adis Mohammad, Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, appreciated the NSSF, for the funds.
Mohammed said the fund and with the support of the state government, the state healthcare agency was able to get the people to access the vaccine.
