Local Vaccine Production: Gavi Commends Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been commendations for effoets towards Nigeria’s quest for local manufacture of vaccines.
This commendation came from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation ( GAVI), which which also applauded the President for
entrenchment of qualitative health care delivery system.
GAVI, the Global champion for elimination of vaccines preventable diseases, has also poured encomium on the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Mohammad Ali Pate and Executive Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency ( NPHCDA), Dr Muyi Aina for their commitment towards improving the health outcomes for Nigerians.
The Chief Executive of
GAVI, Dr Senator Sania Nishtar, who came to the country on inaugural working visit made the commendations at a grand reception organised in her honour by Federal Government and Alliance Partners.
Dr Nishtar said the success of GAVI hinges on the success of Nigeria because the Country is very important to her Organisation.
She disclosed that President Tinubu was very happy about the prospect and plan by GAVI to launch the African Countries Vaccine Manufacture Initiative in June this year.
According to her, “Nigeria is a very important country to US. GAVI has a special strategy for Nigeria. The success of GAVI hinges on the success of Nigeria. I am in Nigeria to listen, learn and understand bottlenecks in line of delivery.
“The information gathered here will be included in my strategic plan. We are grateful about insights provided by Government and CSO. President Tinubu is championing Human Resources mobilisation for Health and we will continue to support his initiative. We commend the efforts of Prof Pate and Dr Muyi Aina for their efforts”.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr Muyi Aina, who represented the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Pate announced that the Federal Government has released her Counterpart Fund just as it was also committed to fulfilling other obligations.
Dr Aina said the visit of the GAVI Chief Executive was a demonstration of her commitment and support for Nigeria’s Health Care Delivery System.
