FG commences enforcement of mandatory vaccination for civil-servants

The federal government has commenced the enforcement of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 at the federal secretariat.

As early as 7:00 am on Wednesday, security men manned the main entrance to the federal secretariat where they demanded either a vaccination card or evidence of negative PCR test before allowing the civil servants to enter the secretariat.

While some of the unvaccinated civil servants questioned the federal government’s decision saying COVID-19 vaccination should not be made compulsory but a matter of choice others said they are willing to get vaccinated.

The boss Mustapha-led presidential steering committee on COVID-19 had announced in October that civil servants without proof of vaccination and negative PCR tests would not be allowed to access government buildings from December 1, 2021.

The enforcement of the mandatory vaccination comes the day Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed three cases of the new omicron coronavirus variant.