By our reporter| The Federal Government is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for the COVID-19 vaccination in 2021 and 2022.
Nigeria’s minister of finance Zainab Ahmed who made the disclosure on Wednesday at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, explained that the figure may significantly reduce as the Federal Government receives more donations of the vaccines from the private sector.
According to her, the ministry of health is working on details of the gap that the Federal Government will be required to fill in the vaccination exercise.
She also explains that the size of the proposed supplementary budget agreed by the executive and legislative arm is yet to be resolved, because the Ministry of Defence and Health, are yet to provide details of the military hardware requirement.
The Federal Government has said it plans to inoculate 40% of Nigeria’s population this year and another 30% in 2022.
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