They received the vaccine during the committee’s weekly national briefing.
The PTF team includes the president and the secretary of the government of the federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha; Health Minister Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of the Environment, Muhammad Mahmood and Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora.
Others are the Managing Director of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu; Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and National Incident Manager (NIM) PTF Mukhtar Muhammad, among others.
Before receiving the vaccine, Mustapha said: "Today, Monday March 8, 2021, I will lead all PTF members to receive the first doses of the vaccine as a further demonstration of safety and efficacy.
"In addition, our journalists, who are critical pioneers in this fight, will receive the vaccine in a representative way."
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