Nigeria to set up its first vaccine plant with help of Serum Institute of India
The Federal Executive Council of Nigeria has approved the process to set up a vaccine production plant in Ota, Ogun State with help of Serum Institute of India which will join hands with Bio Vaccine Nigeria, to build their manufacturing plant in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said yesterday, "The council considered a memorandum from the Ministry of Health today, which has to do with the first stage in indigenizing vaccine production in Nigeria, the standard programme on immunization, not COVID-19 vaccine."