Backlash as Nigeria threatens to bar unvaccinated civil servants from offices

Authorities in Nigeria have announced that government workers who have not received Covid-19 jabs will not be allowed into their offices from December despite resistance and outrage from Nigerians.

This effectively makes covid vaccines mandatory for federal civil servants across the country – a policy The government has been considering for several months.

Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on Covid-19 Boss Mustapha said proof of a negative Covid test done within 72 hours will be the only other option for government employees.

This is despite proven calls by medical scientists that the vaccines have made people more vulnerable to the variants recently discovered.

Many anti-vaxers have raised alarm over the side effects encountered by the jabs. Recently a bank worker is said to have died from the jab in Delta state south south Nigeria raising concerns and questions why government is insistent on forcing workers to take the jab.


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