Nigerian banks have issued directives mandating workers to
get vaccinated against COVID-19.
TheCable reports that six financial institutions
directed their workers to go for vaccination or conduct COVID-19 tests on a
bi-weekly basis at personal cost.
Last week, the federal government mandated civil servants to
get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation
(SGF), said unvaccinated workers would be barred from entering their places of
work from December 1, 2021.
Mustapha is also the chairman of the presidential steering
committee (PSC) on COVID-19.
“You are required to obtain a COVID-19 test on a bi-weekly
basis and submit at their zonal offices or headquarters,” one of the circulars
read.
The staff of Polaris, Access, Zenith, Union, Eco, and GT
banks confirmed the latest development on Thursday.
They confirmed that they were given two options; get a COVID
vaccine jab or present negative coronavirus test results every two weeks.
“Those are the options. If you are not taking the vaccine,
then you’ll have to show your test result every two weeks,” an Access bank
staff said.
“Without this, they said a staff will not be able to enter
into the banking hall.”
Another bank staff at Polaris said the options sound lenient
but indirectly mandated compulsory COVID-19 vaccination.
“It is annoying that
they have to mandate us. How much is our salary that someone will be conducting
a COVID test every two weeks? A COVID test costs about N50,000,” she said.
Two bankers at Ecobank also confirmed the development but
declined to speak further on the matter.
Osita Nwanisobi, CBN’s spokesperson, did not reply to
enquiries seeking comment on the compulsory COVID-19 vaccine adoption by the
banks.
Since February 2020, Nigeria has recorded more than 200,000
cases and almost 3,000 deaths across 36 states and the federal capital
territory.
While the federal government has mandated vaccination for
workers, state governments are also planning to make it compulsory. With this,
more banks and corporate entities may issue directives to their workers on measures
to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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