• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
Sign in
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Password recovery
Recover your password
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • NDLEA officials

      NDLEA Intercepts 2.7m Tramadol Tabs, Arrests 4 Notorious Traffickers in Adamawa

      Ahmed+Idris+AGF FAAC

      N109bn Fraud: How Suspended AGF Idris, Compromised TSA, GIFMIS, IPPIS, for…

      How ICPC Discovered N540m in GTB Account of Primary Teacher

      FAAC

      N109bn Fraud: Ex-AGF Idris Remains in Prison as Court Adjourns Ruling…

      ICPC arraigns Varsity Staff Over N9.9m Contract Fraud

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • NIS Rolls Out E-Passport Facility, Warns Against Cash Payments

      Hammed Ibrahim Ali Customs Boss

      Customs Debunk Rumours on Auctioning 7000 Cars, Say E-Auction Portal Still…

      Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami

      Cybersecurity: Pantami Emerges first African Fellow of Chartered Institute of Information…

      Amb Isiaka Imam Presents Stewardship to D-8 Commission Dhaka Bangladesh

      EFCC Meets BDC Operators, To Clamp Down on Forex Hoarders in…

  • National
    • Senator Joshua Dariye weeps in court

      Presidential Pardon: Finally, Dariye, Nyame Released from Kuje Prison

      NAHCON Concludes Hajj Operation, Plans 2023 Pilgrimage

      DG Visits Corpers at Newly-Built Bayelsa Orientation Camp

      FG Won’t pay off Civil Servants above 50 years as Wage…

      Amb Isiaka Imam Presents Stewardship to D-8 Commission Dhaka Bangladesh

    • Government
      • Documentary: NBC Imposes N5m Fine on Trust TV

        Two Federal Training Centres Get Accreditation for ND Programmes

        Nigeria

        Water Bill ‘ll Establish Regulatory Framework for Nigeria’s Water Sector –…

        Buhari Appoints Degereji as Provost FCE Yola

        FG Tasks BPSR on Assessment of MDAs

  • Security
    • EFCC

      EFCC Nabs 29 suspected Yahoo Boys in Ibadan

      General Lucky Irabor

      Terrorists Not Laying Siege on FCT, Can’t Threaten 2023 Polls –…

      Buhari Congratulates Pantami on CIISEC Fellowship

      CDS Gen Lucky Irabor

      How Troops Nabbed Masterminds of Owo Church Attack – CDS

      IGP Warns Commanders as Police Dismiss Officer Over Extortion, Brutality

  • Features
    • Late Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

      Ibrahim Attahiru: Remembering a Patriot and Man of Hope

      Security Agencies and Imminent Victory Against Non-State Actors

      Military Troops

      Nigeria’s Unspoken Heroes, By Amadin Uyi

      Internal Security: Does Nigerian Military Possess the Magic Wand? By Chidi…

      Muharram 1444: Some Reflections on the Significance of Hijrah by Dr…

  • State
    • Sokoto Governor Tambuwal

      Gov Tambuwal Distributes Teaching Materials to Education Secretaries

      How FG ‘ll Tackle Perennial Flooding, Climate Crisis – Sadiya Farouk

      After PRNigeria’s Investigation, Foundation Donates Kidney Transplant Equipments to Kano Hospital

      Gov Badaru Inaugurates Jigawa Investment Agency

      How Lives of Kidney Patients in Populous Kano Depend on 12…

  • Event
    • Kanempress trains 33 Northeast Media Stakeholders on Historical Sites Reportage

      Emir of Ilorin Zulu Gambari

      Ilorin Emir Lauds Committee for successful hosting 2022 Durbar

      Muharram 1444: Some Reflections on the Significance of Hijrah by Dr…

      CRDI, Chinese Expatriates to Train Youth on Air Condition Repair, Agribusiness,…

      Chinese Coys Pledge Support For Youth Vocational Training

Home Government Covid-19: Refugee Commission, NDPHC Commence Mass Vaccination of IDPs 
  • Government

Covid-19: Refugee Commission, NDPHC Commence Mass Vaccination of IDPs 

By
Prnigeria
-
December 9, 2021

Covid-19: Refugee Commission, NDPHC Commence Mass Vaccination of IDPs 

The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) in collaboration with the National Primary Health-care Development Agency (NDPHC) in Nigerian has flagged off Mass Vaccination exercise for IDPs in Abuja, Nigeria.

The exercise was held at the Waru IDPs camp, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Federal Commissioner, Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim who co-flagged the exercise said the mass vaccination for the Persons of Concern in Nigeria was to make vaccines accessible to them on an equitable basis, to limit the spread of the virus.

She said “the Covid-19 Pandemic has had a profound effect on nearly every aspect of our lives, it has stalled world economies, altered the way we work and communicate with our loved ones, and strained healthcare systems to their breaking point.

“Governments throughout the World have been obliged to impose severe limits on human activity, to halt the virus’s spread, particularly at the wake of the recent Omicron variant of the virus. Nigeria as a country should be commended for the resilience of our government institutions and healthcare agencies such as the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in fighting the Covid-19 spread.”

Increase in displacements
According to the Commissioner, UNHCR reveals that between 2020 till date, there has been a sharp increase in the number of displacements by about a million, bringing the total number of internal displaced persons to about three million residing in camps and host communities across the country.

Ibrahim stated that “there are also about 73,000 registered refugees from over 23 countries residing in Nigeria.

These statistics signifies a 1.7% value of the nation’s population yet to be vaccinated.

“These Persons of Concern have had their livelihoods eroded by both man-made and natural disasters such as protracted fighting, insecurity, communal clashes, and the consequences of climate change, leaving them more vulnerable to the Covid-19 Pandemic larger impact.”

“The majority of them lack access to an adequate health care system and are stigmatized as a result of their situation. This is why the Commission is collaborating with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to ensure that Covid Vaccines reach these vulnerable Persons of Concern,” she explained

The Executive Director, National Primary Health-care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shu’aib said the exercise was another opportunity for the IDPs to be further protected.

Dr Shu’aib said “I therefore urge all those who have taken the right decision to be fully vaccinated, to walk into the nearest vaccination site for their booster dose as from tomorrow.”

Dr Shu’aib urged the leadership of the camp to demand for the vaccines if the teams stop coming and there are still unvaccinated persons in the camp.

He said “it is your right to get vaccinated. Vaccine is not just an act of self-protection but also a civic duty to curtail the spread of the virus in the camp and in Nigeria. Every one of us has a critical role to play in mobilising our friends, families, and camp mates to the vaccination site”.

Also present at the event was the Representative of the UNHCR, Mr Roland Schoenbauer who said that the UN Refugee Agency was elated to be part of the exercise.

Mr Schoenbauer urged the IDPs to make themselves available for the vaccine stating that the vaccine was safe and efficacious.

“Remember, no one is safe until everyone is safe,” he said.

PRNigeria

naija news

Kidnapped School Children

Yauri FGC Students, Kebbi
418 days 17 hours 22 minutes 15 seconds,

Baptist School Students, Kaduna
400 days 19 hours 3 minutes 40 seconds

Tegina Islamiya Pupils, Niger (Freed)
Spent 88 days from May 30, 2021 - August 26, 2021


Report By: PRNigeria.com

 
VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Covid-19
  • IDPs
  • Mass Vaccination
  • Refugee Commission
Previous articleAnti-Banditry: Gov Tambuwal Announces N20,000 Monthly for Vigilante Member in Sokoto
Next articleFact-Check on Video: Did White Helicopter Deliver Weapons to Fulani Herdsmen for Banditry in the Forest?
Prnigeria

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Late Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

Ibrahim Attahiru: Remembering a Patriot and Man of Hope

General Lucky Irabor

CDS Irabor Bags ‘Pearl of Defence’ Award on Crisis Management

Emir of Ilorin Zulu Gambari

Emir Warns Against Illicit Video Shooting at Ilorin Central Mosque

NIS Rolls Out E-Passport Facility, Warns Against Cash Payments

EFCC

EFCC Nabs 29 suspected Yahoo Boys in Ibadan

General Lucky Irabor

Terrorists Not Laying Siege on FCT, Can’t Threaten 2023 Polls – Irabor

Buhari Congratulates Pantami on CIISEC Fellowship

CDS Gen Lucky Irabor

How Troops Nabbed Masterminds of Owo Church Attack – CDS

Fredrick Nwabufo of Journalists for United Nigeria (JUN)

2023: Real issues should guide our conversations, not religion, says Fredrick Nwabufo

IGP Warns Commanders as Police Dismiss Officer Over Extortion, Brutality

Hammed Ibrahim Ali Customs Boss

Customs Debunk Rumours on Auctioning 7000 Cars, Say E-Auction Portal Still Active

Senator Joshua Dariye weeps in court

Presidential Pardon: Finally, Dariye, Nyame Released from Kuje Prison

Recent Posts

  • Ibrahim Attahiru: Remembering a Patriot and Man of Hope
  • CDS Irabor Bags ‘Pearl of Defence’ Award on Crisis Management
  • Emir Warns Against Illicit Video Shooting at Ilorin Central Mosque
  • NIS Rolls Out E-Passport Facility, Warns Against Cash Payments
  • EFCC Nabs 29 suspected Yahoo Boys in Ibadan

Kidnapped School Children

Yauri FGC Students, Kebbi
418 days 17 hours 22 minutes 16 seconds,



Baptist School Students, Kaduna
400 days 19 hours 3 minutes 41 seconds

Report By: PRNigeria.com

Book on Sales: Boko Haram Media War: An Encounter with the Spymaster

boko haram

Click Here:To Order Now!

  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.