Tag: PTF
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Nigeria receives 300,000 additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Nigeria has received 300,000 additional doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, the government said on Monday. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He noted that the vaccines were donated to the government by…
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SGF, ministers, PTF members receive COVID-19 vaccines today
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha and members of the PTF will on Monday in Abuja receive doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Director Press, Office of the SGF (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey, said this in a notice on Sunday.…
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No COVID-19 vaccines for Nigerians below 18 years – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, said that the Federal Government planned to cover 70 per cent of Nigerians within two years. Mamora warned that private…
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COVID-19: Defiant Yahaya Bello threatens to sue Buhari’s PTF, NCDC for de-marketing Kogi, scaring away investors
The Kogi State Government has threatened to sue the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Presidential Task Force, PTF on COVID-19 for declaring the state high risk COVID-19 state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 had on Monday declared Kogi a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence…
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COVID-19: PTF declares Yahaya Bello’s Kogi high risk state, warns Nigerians not to visit
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared Kogi a high-risk state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the disease. The PTF also said that the Kogi government had failed to report testing, lacked isolation centers and therefore warned Nigerians to be weary of visiting the state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Kogi…
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COVID-19: Market authorities must run temperature checks before transacting business-PTF
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has charged market authorities to mandate temperature checks before buyers and sellers transact businesses at the various markets scattered all over the country. PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, revealed this on Friday while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. He said market leaders must take responsibility and…
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PTF: Another Lockdown? Never!, By Michael West
It appears this government may likely be the undertaker of deeply polarised, highly ethnicised and economically impoverished country called Nigeria. The misgovernance of this clueless, visionless and inept leadership should be called to order before they destroy the feeble fabrics of pseudo-unity that keeps Nigeria trudging on the path of nationhood. How can the…
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PDP demands dissolution of Buhari’s PTF, tags it incompetent to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over alleged incompetence. In a statement signed on Wednesday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the PTF which was inaugurated in March 2020 has not demonstrated any capacity in handling the pandemic beyond the announcement of…
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BREAKING: FG to review Jan. 18 school resumption date amidst rising Covid-19 cases
Worried about the rising caseloads of Covid-19 in Nigeria, the federal government disclosed that it is considering shifting the January 18th resumption date for schools. In December, the presidential task force on COVID-19 had asked schools in the country to remain closed until January 18, 2021. But at a briefing on Monday, Adamu Adamu, minister…
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VIDEO: VIPs, Government officials who flout COVID-19 travel protocols won’t escape sanctions – PTF
The Federal Government has said there will be repercussions for Very Important Personalities (VIPs) and government officials who flout travel protocols. In a video posted by the Ministry of Information and Culture on Wednesday via Twitter, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, vowed to clamp down on officials…