Following the directive of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 compelling all federal civil servants to get vaccinated or present evidence of negative PCR test for COVID-19, effective from December 1, 2021, Some unvaccinated civil servants have been barred by security operatives at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja.
The incident, which happened on Wednesday, is in line with the enforcement of compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for civil servants in the country.
As early as 7:00 am, security men manned the main entrance to the Federal Secretariat where they demanded either a vaccination card or evidence of a negative PCR test before allowing the civil servants to enter the Secretariat.
Some of the unvaccinated civil servants however, questioned the federal government’s decision to bar them from gaining entrance into the secretariat, claiming that COVID-19 vaccination should not be made compulsory but a matter of choice.
Others said they are willing to get vaccinated.
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 had earlier given a directive mandating all Federal Civil Servants to be vaccinated or present evidence of negative PCR test for COVID-19, effective from December 1, 2021.
