COVID-19: Nigeria may require N540b budget to acquire vaccine

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In a bid to acquire the COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Government may spend about $1.4bn to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses.

This figure to acquire the COVID-19 vaccines is based on estimates of the World Health Organisation as regards the total amount of funds that Africa would need to pursue a vaccination drive.

According to the WHO, Africa will need at least $9bn to procure and distribute 1.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

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