Minister for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire says Nigeria will benefit from the discovery or development of a potent vaccine for the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Ehanire said this while he spoke at a two-day multi-sectoral conference on the COVID-19 with the theme: “Building back better, with resilience”. He assured that the Federal Government has made efforts to secure doses of the vaccine whenever it becomes ready.
The minister, who was represented by the Minister of State, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said: “The Federal Ministry of Health, just last week, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure that when the vaccines, wherever they come from – that has been established to be effective for COVID-19 – we will not be left behind.”
He said there was a need to prioritise health, if any gains were to be made in the sector.
“We must prioritise and the first thing we need to prioritise is the issue of health. I have always held the view that we need a nationally-shared vision and in that vision, we take it as health comes first. And if we appreciate that, the allocation in terms of budget for health will be much more than what it is at the moment.
