The National Coordinator of Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu says the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Nigerians free when vaccination begins.
Aliyu, who made this known yesterday during an interview on a television programme, also revealed plans by the federal government on delivering and administering the vaccine and gave the assurance that Nigerians will be freely vaccinated.
“The COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Nigeria making use of the GAVI arrangement. We already have the assurance that we will have 20% of our population accommodated by GAVI, which is about 40 million Nigerians. They won’t need to pay for that (the vaccine),” the PTF coordinator stated.
He added that although there are fears that Nigerians may be reluctant to receive shots of the vaccines, efforts are being made to sensitise many and deliver the vaccines across the country.
