COVID-19 vaccination will soon be made compulsory for all civil servants.
The decision was made known on Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha.
He said the decision was as a result of the fact that, among other reasons, they would be travelling abroad to represent the country.
His words: “Let me state, however, that the federal government shall, very shortly, unveil its decision on mandatory vaccination for every employee in its service.
“One of the reasons why we want to do that with the federal civil service is because they will be travelling on behalf of the nation.”
Mustapha who spoke during a meeting of health commissioners in Abuja, is the chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, PSC.
He added: “Assuming the American government said, ‘you can’t come into their country unless you’re vaccinated’, you have to be vaccinated.
“It’s a sequential thing and we are taking one step at a time because we realise we don’t have sufficient vaccines in the country at the moment.”
