4th March, 2021
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF) will today hold an emergency online meeting to discuss how the 3.92 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines should be distributed in the country.
The meeting is a single-item agenda where only the delivery of the Covid 19 vaccines and their distribution in the country would be discussed.
The meeting would commence by 5 pm according to the invitation sent to the Governors by the Director-General of the Forum Mr. Asishana B Okauru.
Governors are to begin to join at 4 pm.
Nigeria, on Tuesday, received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India(SII) and shipped via the COVAX Facility.
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has also said that additional 84 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from COVAX are expected to be delivered this year, which will serve 20 percent of Nigeria’s over 200 million population.
The NGF will hold an Emergency virtual meeting today. The meeting is of a single-item agenda which will discuss the delivery of the #COVID19 vaccines and their distribution in the country. pic.twitter.com/hsWHrJ1Mq0
— Nigeria Governors' Forum (@NGFSecretariat) March 4, 2021