Why Nigeria is yet to commence vaccine production – Minister

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has explained some of the reasons for the delay in Nigeria’s efforts to locally manufacture vaccines.

Mr Pate, who spoke on Wednesday morning while appearing on a Channels Television show, said the country needed to secure more resources to achieve the target. .

According to him, the local production of vaccines is imperative to strengthening the health sector, noting that Nigeria cannot immediately commence local production without pooling adequate resources from all fronts.