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Nigeria destroys over 1 million Astrazeneca vaccines

The Federal Government of Nigeria has destroyed over 1 million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines.

At the inspection of the destroyed vaccines in Abuja, the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA, Dr Shuaib Faisal said the destruction of the expired vaccines was to further demonstrate the commitment of the government to ensuring that Nigerians were immunized with quality products.

Dr Faisal commended the Front liners workers for their sacrifices since the inception of the Covid19 pandemic.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Moji Adeyeye, said Nigeria was rated high recently by UNICEF for her commitment to quality immunization of its citizens as well as promoting the health care of Nigerians.

Felix Oloyede

Felix Oloyede is a Mass Communication graduate with 19 years experience in journalism. He has worked with TheWeek Magazine; Mirror Newspapers; West Africa BusinessNews and BusinessHallmark Newspaper. Oloyede has covered different news beats ranging from crime; arts; politics; commerce and industries to finance and economy. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School.

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