The Federal Government, through the Director-General of the NPHCDA, Doctor Faisal Shuaib, had on December 9, 2021 announced that the administration of the boosters would commence the following day.
But the agency revealed that weeks after the commencement of giving the booster shot, 13 states had not yet begun the administration.
According to the list of the states obtained from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, the thirteen states include; Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara.
Following the discovery of the Omicron variant, the calls for booster shots became more intense.
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