The Federal Government has said it would ban civil servants who fail to show proof of their COVID-19 vaccination from accessing their offices as from December 1.
The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha, confirmed this at Wednesday’s briefing of the committee.
The workers will be required to show their vaccination card or a Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR test done within 72 hours.
Mustapha said: “With effect from 1st December, 2021, FG employees shall be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result done within 72 hours, to gain access to their offices, in all locations within Nigeria and our Missions.
“An appropriate service wide advisory/circular will be issued to guide the process,”
Earlier, the Edo state government barred unvaccinated civil servants from their offices, effective from Wednesday, September 15.
PM News reported that the state government also barred all those who are yet to take the COVID vaccine from accessing public places.
It was gathers that this was announced on Tuesday,September 14, by the permanent secretary, Edo state Ministry of Health, Osamwonyi Irowa.
Irowa described the development as a “no vaccination card,no access to public places” policy. He said the government is not forcing anyone to take the vaccine but “if you don’t have the vaccination card you can’t access our public facilities”
Daily Trust also quoted Irowa as saying:“If you've to enter the state secretariat and other government offices, you must have your vaccination cards.
“Those that cannot provide their COVID-19 vaccination cards may have to excuse us and be working from home, pending when a decision will be reached. As a state, we're doing everything possible to make sure that people don’t get infected."
He appealed to residents in the state to get vaccinated,noting that it is the more suitable way to prevent the severity of the disease and avoid death.
Meanwhile, a report by The Punch indicates that the Federal Government may consider barring unvaccinated individuals if the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy being witnessed continues.
According to the report, Nigerians risk been barred from accessing government facilities, among other public places.
Dr Mukhtar Muhammed, the secretary to Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, on Friday, September 17,said there are no such plans at the moment, but the government would consider the move if it became necessary.
He explained that the decision would only be taken if the government did not notice any significant improvement after the ongoing enlightenment and engagement of the COVID-19 vaccine across the country.
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