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Nigeria to bar unvaccinated civil servants from offices

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Nigeria's civil servants will be compelled to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 to gain access to their offices from December 1, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

By  Xinhua

News agency

Nigeria will compel federal civil servants to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 before gaining access to their offices from December 1.

The move, the government says, is to encourage the vaccination rate across the country.

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