The Federal Government has paid for 40m doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the National Economic Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed.
According to PUNCH, the vaccines will come into the country in batches between October 2021 and January 2022.
This was part of the progress report of the NEC ad-hoc committee interfacing with the presidential task force on COVID-19; chaired by Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa.
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘NEC: States, FG to pay compensation to victims of EndSars protests and prosecute those indicted’.
