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FG To Make COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate Compulsory Requirement To Travel

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06/03/2021

FG To Make COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate Compulsory Requirement To Travel.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, says COVID-19 vaccination certificate will soon become a compulsory requirement to travel anywhere in the world.

He, therefore, urged Nigerians to make themselves available for vaccination against the pandemic virus.

Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, stated this on Saturday at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Nigeria commenced its vaccination against the coronavirus infection on Friday after receiving about four million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 on Tuesday.

FG To Make COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate Compulsory Travel Requirement

Speaking at the event, the PTF chairman said, “Today, Mr President and the Vice-President have equally demonstrated leadership by offering themselves for the Nigerian people to believe in the safety and the efficacy of the vaccines that we have procured and is being deployed.

“Vaccine hesitancy will have to give way to the reality because the truth about it is that very soon, nobody will be able to travel the world unless you produce the certificate that you have been given. I have not confirmed this but reliably, some countries have started putting restrictions for receiving visitors, even for exercising activities of their faith, without a COVID-19 vaccination certificate.

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“The word that is going out there on behalf of Mr President is that Nigerians should make themselves available, those that are eligible in the first phase of the deployment, because the deployment is going to be in four phases, to receive these vaccines.

“They (vaccines) have been tested, our most strategic leadership have received these vaccines this morning. They are safe, they are efficacious and it is for the good and wellbeing of our people.”

Mustapha also urged Nigerians not to believe conspiracy theories and myths about he vaccines.