- Releases Guidelines For Vaccination Registration
Abiola Olawale
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Monday announced Nigeria will receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
The country is expected to receive about 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
This was contained in a joint statement by the NPHCDA, World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Faisal Shuiab, the Executive Director and CEO of the NPHDA said Nigeria is prepared to receive its very first batch of Covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday.
The NPHCDA boss also stated that Nigeria has trained front line workers on the inoculation of citizens against the virus, adding that the country has prepared a cold storage infrastructure, where vaccines will be stored.
Shuaib, also commended President Muhammadu Buhari, Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, and the Presidential Task Force(PTF) for their unending support and commitment in ensuring that Nigeria receives the Covid-19 vaccination.
In his words: “The arrival of this vaccine is the result of the commitment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under the leadership of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, the support of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 and the guidance of the Honorable Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire. We are fully prepared to receive and deliver the vaccine to eligible Nigerians as we have commenced the training of health workers and ensure that cold chain facilities are ready at all levels. We have a robust chain system that can store all types of Covid-19 vaccine in accordance with the required temperature. We are therefore confident that we will have a very effective roll out of the vaccine , starting with out critical healthcare workers, who are in the frontline in providing the care we all need.”
Reacting, Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Representative to Nigeria, commended the COVAX Facility for their commitment in making sure that Nigeria gets the vaccination.
In his words, “The COVAX Facility, has worked exceptionally hard to ensure that Nigeria gets the vaccine as soon as possible so it can start its vaccination programme to the largest population in Africa.”
Similarly, Walter Kazadi Mulombo, WHO representative in Nigeria, said vaccines are very critical in the fight against the deadly virus, adding that Nigeria must make sure that the vaccines get to everyone one as soon as possible.
“Vaccines are a critical additional tool in the battle against Covid-19 – until the country achieves high coverage of the vaccinations, Nigerians must continue to adhere to the public health and social measures outlined by government to suppress transmission of the virus” Mulombo said.
NPHCDA, has also released guidelines on the registration for the vaccination programme.
The agency announced the guidelines on its official social media handles.
- The guidelines are listed below;
Step 1: Visit https://nphcda.gov.ng/
Step 2: Click on ” covid-19 vaccination e-registration”
In the Registration Form for COVID-19 Vaccination you are to fill in; your full names, phone number, email address, date of birth, sex, the type of National ID you have, a residential address which states, the LGA of residence, ward of residence and preferred vaccination site.
You are meant to also select your preferred vaccination date and time slot, which ends with a photo update.
After doing the above steps, you will receive a message saying:
“Registration Completed! …Your Vaccination ID is:
Your data is successfully received.
Thank you for taking time to fill the form, you will receive an SMS and email shortly containing your Vaccination No. and other instructions.
