Nigerian Banks Makes COVID-19 Vaccination Compulsory For All Staff

Nigerian banks have issued directives mandating their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or present negative coronavirus test results every two weeks.

According to reports, The staffs were to conduct the COVID-19 tests on a bi-weekly basis at personal cost.

Confirming the report an Access bank staff said. “Those are the options. If you are not taking the vaccine, then you’ll have to show your test result every two weeks, Without this, they said a staff will not be able to enter into the banking hall.”

Another bank staff at Polaris said the options sound lenient but indirectly mandated compulsory COVID-19 vaccination.

“It is annoying that they have to mandate us. How much is our salary that someone will be conducting a COVID test every two weeks? A COVID test costs about N50,000,” she said.

Two bankers at Ecobank also confirmed the development but declined to speak further on the matter.

Osita Nwanisobi, CBN’s spokesperson, did not reply to inquiries seeking comment on the compulsory COVID-19 vaccine adoption by the banks.

Since February 2020, Nigeria has recorded more than 200,000 cases and almost 3,000 deaths across 36 states and the federal capital territory.