PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (18): Nigeria, theft of vaccination cards

Yellow Fever — Nigeria
Not less than 80 000 of Yellow [fever vaccination] cards that are issued to Nigerians as a proof of being administered with the yellow fever vaccine before travelling out of the country are now being sold in the markets and streets, without the travellers taking the vaccine, and causing the government to lose up to N200 million [USD 554 017].
This was revealed in a report of an investigation carried out by Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development, PRIMORG, a civil society