Tag: Osagie Ehanire
Akwa Ibom hotbed as NCDC confirms 32 COVID-19 Delta Variant cases, advises against travelling to affected States
August 3, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Thirty-two Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in five states across the country. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this during the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja. Nineteen of the cases were reported in Akwa ...President Buhari Swears in 5 New Permanent Secretaries
July 14, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in five new permanent secretaries. The swearing-in took place on Wednesday, just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, although the ministries where they would be functioning have not been disclosed. Present at the FEC meeting was Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to Government ...COVID-19: FG seeks Germany’s support to build Africa’s first vaccine manufacturing hub –Minister
July 6, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has sought the support of the German government to build Africa’s first vaccine manufacturing hub in Nigeria. Ehanire stated this on Monday, in Abuja, at a meeting he held with Bright Ory, the Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria. He said the meeting followed the threat ...OSINBAJO LEADS COLLABORATION WITH UN TO IMPROVE FOOD SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA
June 30, 2021 In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda to lift 100m Nigerians from poverty within a decade and the globally acclaimed Sustainable Development Goals, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is leading the Federal Government’s collaboration with the United Nations to improve Nigeria’s food systems. The effort is to attack the menace of hunger, combat ...COVID-19 : FG takes delivery of $1m medical equipment donated by Saudi –director
June 23, 2021 The Federal Government has taken delivery of medical equipment worth one million dollars donated by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to Mr. Olusegun Adetola, Director, Media and Public Relations in the Ministry of Health. In a statement in Abuja, Adetola said that the handing-over ceremony took place at ...COVID-19: FG issues travel advisory to Nigerians to Brazil, India, Turkey
June 9, 2021 The Federal Government has issued travel advisory to Nigerians to Brazil, India and Turkey citing risks from COVID-19. Mr. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, gave the advice during a Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19 vaccination for the North East Zone in Yola, The meeting was organised ...COVID-19: Local Production of vaccine not yet feasible due to high cost of conducting clinical trials – Health minister
June 4, 2021 The Federal Government says that the local production of the COVID-19 vaccine is not yet feasible owing to the high cost of conducting clinical trials that run into millions of dollars. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire disclosed this during the weekly presidential media chat. Ehanire indicated that there is no supplementary ...Resident Doctors To Shelve Planned Friday Strike – Gbajabiamila
May 5, 2021 Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have hinted that they are ready to suspend their planned resumption of strike on Friday, according to a statement signed by the spokesman to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila. The resident doctors had on April 1 embarked on ...HIV/AIDS: Minister worried over new paediatric infections as cases grow
May 5, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) on Tuesday in Abuja. The dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme ...Malaria: Implementation of the new strategic plan will cost over N1trn – Health Minister
April 24, 2021 Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said. He explained that of the total sum, the country required more than N350 billion naira to fight the disease in 2021 alone. Ehanire, the Minister of Health, disclosed this on Friday a news conference ...
