The Nigerian Government has reminded civil servants of the December 1, 2021 deadline for them to get the covid-19 vaccination.
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige re-echoes government’s directive at the sub-regional workshop on Covid-19 and social economic recovery workshop in West Africa, by the organisation of trade unions of West Africa, OTUWA.
Only a handful of federal civil servants seems to have taken the covid 19 vaccine in Nigeria, in spite of a directive from the Presidential Steering Committee on covid 19, placing December 1, 2021 deadline.
Residents of some states in Nigeria have resisted forceful vaccination directive by their governments.
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Also, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba at an event by the primary healthcare development argues that no worker should be forced.
But the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige at a gathering of some West African governments and workers unions in Abuja, maintains Goverment’s December 1 directive to civil servants.
As Nigeria and other West African countries push for more vaccination, civil society and international development partners are suggesting more economic recovery strategies for the West African sub-region in a post-covid-19 era
Organisation of trade unions of West Africa is calling for more international collaboration to surmount the broad-based and multi-sectorial challenges created by the covid-19 pandemic.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
