Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former
Minister of Finance and Chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
(GAVI), has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari government to improve on
immunisation coverage.
Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday.
She commended the Federal
Government for efforts made so far, but urged government to work harder to
attain the average target set for Africa.
She said: “We like Nigeria to
improve the immunisation coverage. We were initially at 33 per cent.
“Now they have worked hard. We
are at 50 per cent now but we need to work harder to get us to the average for
Africa.”
“Nigeria is one of the key
countries where GAVI is engaged and we are very happy to be here.
“We have a very large programme
for Nigeria and it is all grant and not a loan,” the former Managing Director
of the World Bank Group said.
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