Huge investment and technologies which are not readily available in Nigeria, are parts of the reasons why Nigeria may not be able to produce
COVID-19 vaccines at present.
These are the words of the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib.
He said, “There are questions around why Nigeria is not producing COVID-19 vaccines. I want to put on record that the process of producing a vaccine is very complex and complicated. It requires massive investment that has not been done for many decades.
“In the 1960s, we use to make yellow fever vaccines in this country. In the 90s, we decided to change analogue ways of making yellow fever vaccines to more recent technologies.
“However, that transfer of technology never happened and that is why we did not continue to make vaccines.”
The Federal Government through the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Oshibajo has said the priority of the government is to ensure the delivery of the vaccines to the citizens.
