Minister
of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has formally launched a new Yellow Fever
Certificate, that will take effect on the first of next month.
At
the event in Abuja today, Professor Chukwu said the new card which will replace the
old yellow fever cards is aimed at eliminating the sufferings of Nigerians when
they travel abroad.
He
took time out to explain that the recent decision of the South African Government
to deny some Nigerian travellers access to the country, was based on the policy
of the National Council on decision taken by the National Council on Health to
decentralize the process of issuance.
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu urged
Nigerians to endeavour to replace their old Yellow Fever Cards with the new
one, to avoid embarrassments, while outside the country. The card comes with special
security features, centralized and difficult to forge.
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