{"id":19394,"date":"2019-12-26T14:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19394"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:57:18","slug":"okonjo-iweala-sends-message-to-buhari-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/okonjo-iweala-sends-message-to-buhari-govt","title":{"rendered":"Okonjo-Iweala sends message to Buhari govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance and Chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari government to improve on immunisation coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She commended the Federal Government for efforts made so far, but urged government to work harder to attain the average target set for Africa.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cWe like Nigeria to improve the immunisation coverage. We were initially at 33 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they have worked hard. We are at 50 per cent now but we need to work harder to get us to the average for Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is one of the key countries where GAVI is engaged and we are very happy to be here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a very large programme for Nigeria and it is all grant and not a loan,\u201d the former Managing Director of the World Bank Group said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance and Chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari government to improve on immunisation coverage. Okonjo-Iweala made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday. 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