The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned that wealthy countries may start hoarding COVID-19 vaccines again, threatening global supplies as they seek to keep up stocks to fight the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

The comments were made by the agency's vaccine director, Kate O'Brien.

The WHO and vaccine charity, GAVI run an international dose-sharing programme with rich countries but with the new variant, supplies to poor nations could reduce.

O'Brien said and I quote, "As we head into whatever the Omicron situation is going to be, there is risk that the global supply is again going to revert to high-income countries hoarding vaccines" as they seek to protect their ability to inoculate their citizens''.

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President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to decide on whether to assent or veto the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021.

Senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly Matters, Honourable Umar El-Yakub, stated that the communication between the president and the National Assembly is not a secret affair, adding that such communication would have been read on the floor of the parliament.

According to the Presidential aide, "The long and short of it is that there has never been any communication of such; there is nothing like that. If there is any communication, it will be disclosed publicly at the National Assembly.

"We all need to be more responsible; we don't need to unnecessarily overheat the polity. What I can tell you is that if you are doing your calculations right, you know that the president constitutionally has 30 days to sign the bill. The bill was transmitted on the 19th November so the president has 10 more days," added E-Yakub.

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Governor AMINU BELLO MASARI of Katsina State has sent a written application to the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) requesting it to restore telephone services in ten of the 17 Local Government Areas affected by the ban, which was instituted about four months ago.

The Director General, Media to the State Governor, ABDU MALUMFASHI, made this known today in a press statement.

Labaran identified the ten local government areas where the ban has been lifted to include: Kurfi, Dutsinma, Matazu, Musawa, Malumfashi, Dandume, Bakori, Funtua, Kafur and Danja.

He however said telecom services remain banned in the following seven local governments: Faskari, Sabuwa, Batsari, Safana, Kankara, Danmusa and Jibia.

According to LABARAN the state government, "decided to suspend the ban in the ten local governments as a result of the return to near normalcy, even as efforts have remained on the front burner to ensure maximum return of peace in every part of the state."

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