Tag: Osagie Ehanire
COVID-19: Suspend spending N10bn on vaccines production, provide specific detailed plan – NASS ells Ministry Of Health
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Health has asked the Ministry of Health to suspend further action on the plans to utilize the N10 billion released to them by the ministry of finance, to fund production of COVID-19 vaccines. The committee took the decision on Wednesday, following its dissatisfaction with the explanation of the Minister ...Prioritise expenditure, waiting for GAVI vaccines best thing for Nigeria – Bill Gates advises FG
American Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price for COVID-19 vaccines. Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letters. He said waiting for the ...COVID-19: FG to secure safe, efficacious vaccines, targets 70% vaccination in 2 years – Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says Federal Government is exploring all options to ensure the vaccination of 70 per cent of Nigeria population in two years. Ehanire made this known on Monday at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria is exploring all ...FG RELEASES N6.45B FOR NEW OXYGEN PLANTS IN 38 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE TO FACILITATE COVID-19 TREATMENT
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of Covid-19 patients who need oxygen. This was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President ...COVID-19: FG Releases N10bn To Support Domestic Vaccine Production
The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic ...COVID-19: We must start talking about local vaccine production – Osinbajo
Just as COVID-19 poses one of humanity’s greatest public health challenges, the pandemic provides an opportunity to ramp up public health infrastructure in Nigeria including the training of required experts, and production of local vaccines, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the ...COVID-19: We must focus on opportunities the pandemic provides, make the best of the situation – Osinbajo
Just as COVID-19 poses one of humanity’s greatest public health challenges, the pandemic provides an opportunity to ramp up public health infrastructure in Nigeria including the training of required experts, even as governments should be doing more in the area of funding, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at ...Fertility rate very high at 5.3 per cent in Nigeria – AAFP
Dr. Ejike Oji, the Chairman, Technical Management Committee, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP), says Nigeria’s Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) is very low. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that the state of CPR or Family Planning (FP) in the country was still far from achieving the ...Family planning: I believe achieving 27% CPR by 2024 is possible with their support- Ehanire
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, says achieving the 27 per cent Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) by 2024 is possible. Ehanire said this while launching a book entitled “Family Planning for A More Productive Nigeria,’’ at the ongoing Nigeria Family Planning Conference 2020 in Abuja. He expressed willingness to continue to collaborate with relevant ...UN’s $250M support package aligns with Buhari administration’s ESP – Osinbajo
The initiative by the United Nations in collaboration with some development partners to complement Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic recovery efforts under the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is a fitting acknowledgment of the country’s effort in addressing the disruptions caused by the pandemic, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This was disclosed in a statement by ...
