COVID-19: Nasarawa reclaims lead position in vaccination

On Dec 29, 2021

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nasarawa State has reclaimed its centre stage position from Jigawa State after 48 hours in the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign in Nigeria.

The executive director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made this known in an interview with the Newsmen on Monday in Abuja, while providing an update on the country’s vaccination campaign.

Mr Shuaib said that Jigawa State recently took the lead by displacing Nasarawa state, only for a turnaround in less than 48 hours.

The NPHCDA boss added that Zamfara, Delta and Cross River states have also made great strides towards joining the top five performing states as of December 27, 2021.

He added that Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Jigawa and Osun States were the top five leading with high uptake and also contributed 36 per cent to the number of vaccinated persons.

Mr Shuaib added that almost 10 million eligible persons have been fully vaccinated against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

He said; “As of December 26, 2021, in 36 States and the FCT. 9,765,729 eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination received the first dose, while 4,363,620 got the second dose (fully vaccinated).”

The official added that the proportion of eligible people vaccinated in the country for their first dose were 8.7 per cent, while the proportion of eligible people vaccinated for their second dose were 3.9 per cent as of Dec. 24, 2021.

MTO/Leadership