Okonjo Iweala Advocates For Capacity In Manufacturing Local Vaccines

Michael Ogunmefun:

Director of WTO, Ngosi Okonjo Iweala has advised that Nigeria start looking towards area of manufacturing vaccines locally.

Okonjo Iweala made this known at the State House meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon.

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According to her “I’ve been in the vaccine business for last 5-6 years. You need 4-5 years to get a plant approved to produce vaccines. I’m advocating that Nigeria should start looking now at establishing capacity for manufacturing vaccines locally. This is not going to be the last pandemic.”

She also added that her role at the World Trade Organisation would be used to support women entrepreneurs, and MSMEs, and all the marginalized and excluded.