On Wednesday,the
Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said that the Federal Government
has released $1m for the delivery of contraceptives for the enhancement
of quality family planning among Nigerians.
Adewole
said this on Wednesday while briefing State House Correspondents at the
end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According
to him, procurement for the implementation of the plan had been
secured. He said following a presidential approval of the joint venture
agreement between the Federal Government and May&Baker for the
production of local vaccines, a board had been constituted on January 19
to oversee the venture.
Consequently, he said Nigeria would
begin to produce its vaccines within the next two years. Adewole added
that the government was fine-tuning arrangements for the enrolment of
320,000 members of the National Youths Service Corps for the National
Health Insurance Scheme yearly.