This followed a motion by Rep. Fayinka Oluwatoyin (APC-Lagos) during plenary in Abuja.
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A statement issued by MTN on Tuesday titled, ‘First set of MTN donation of 1.4 million doses of vaccines received by Nigeria’, noted that the MTN Group had contributed $25m for the vaccines, a combination of doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility and from the AU COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello, made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly state’s Executive Council meeting.
Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Director-General of the NPHDA, told newsmen at a media briefing in Abuja that the vaccines are expected between late January 2021 and early February 2021.