Federal Government says it will soon make COVID vaccination mandatory for civil servants in the country.
BOSS MUSTAPHA, secretary to the government of the federation disclosed this at a meeting of state health commissioners’ forum in Abuja.
The SGF disclosed this, yesterday, at a meeting between the Federal Government and Commissioners of Health, in Abuja.
MUSTAPHA said government wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they sometimes represent Nigeria abroad.
The Federal Government has concluded plans to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory, beginning with public servants.
“The Federal Government shall, very shortly, unveil its decision on mandatory vaccination for every employee in its service,” said Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
The SGF disclosed this, yesterday, at a meeting between the Federal Government and Commissioners of Health, in Abuja.
He said: “The vaccine mandate obviously will come. Before now, the simple yellow fever vaccine, you could not travel the world without the card, until Nigeria was exited from the list of endemic countries. Therefore, the world is gravitating towards that direction. I can tell you that by the time the Western world vaccinates its people, you can’t get into any of the countries without the vaccine certificate. It has started happening in the European Union. They have created some waivers for people that have been vaccinated. It is better we begin to prepare people at home.”
