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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Workforce

Effect of Nigeria Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic, Nigeria

Omotayo BoluComments to Author , Boss Mustapha, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Mukthar Muhammad, Assad Hassan, Ahmad Abdulwahab, Adeyelu A. Asekun, Reward Nsirim, Emeka Okechukwu, Ibrahim Attah, Mahesh Swaminathan, Stacie Greby, Adebimpe Adebiyi, Morenike Alex-Okoh, Tochi Okwor, Elsie Ilori, Nwando Mba, Joe Mutah, James Akujobi, Ndirpaya Battah, Wilfred Haggai, Geoffrey Okatubo, Awele Okigbo, Evelyn Castle, Ibrahim Abubakar, Charles Akataobi, Olusegun Adekunle, and Sani H. Aliyu
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (O. Bolu, A.A. Asekun, M. Swaminathan, S. Greby); Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria (B. Mustapha, C. Ihekweazu, T. Okwor, E. Ilori, N. Mba, O. Adekunle); Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Abuja (B. Mustapha, O. Adekunle); Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Abuja (M. Muhammad, A. Hassan, A. Abdulwahab, I. Attah); US Agency for International Development, Abuja (R. Nsirim, E. Okechukwu); Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja (A. Adebiyi, M. Alex-Okoh, G. Okatubo); Ministry of Information and Culture, Abuja (J. Mutah); Nigeria National Emergency Management Agency, Abuja (J. Akujobi); Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, Abuja (N. Battah); Federal Ministry of Aviation, Abuja (W. Haggai); Credo Advisory, Abuja (A. Okigbo); eHealth Africa, Freetown, Sierra Leone (E. Castle); Public Health England, London, UK (I. Abubakar); African Field Epidemiology Network Nigeria, Abuja (C. Akataobi); Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK (S.H. Aliyu)

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Table 2

The COVID-19 multisectoral ministries, departments, and agencies by sector and role, Nigeria, 2020

Sector National MDAs and roles State MDAs and roles
Health NCDC: Lead on epidemiology, surveillance laboratory, and IPC The state Emergency Operations Center, which comprises members from the State Ministry of Health, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, and State Health Management Board liaise with the FMOH and NCDC in their day-to-day operations
FMOH: Lead on case management port health management, research on COVID-19
Nigeria Primary Healthcare Development Agency: Community centers and vaccination
Nigeria Institute of Medical Research: Research around COVID-19
Nonhealth Ministry of Information and its agencies take the lead on risk communication The state task force, led by the governor or his designate, includes representatives from line MDAs similar to those in the national MDAs—these include the ministries of information and finance, the State Emergency Management Authority, the security agencies, and others
Ministries of Interior, Aviation, and Transportation and their agencies, such as Nigeria Immigration Service, Customs, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, run the ports of entry
Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and its agency, National Emergency Management Authority, lead mass care
Ministry of Defense and the Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, and Federal Road Safety Corp support security and logistics
Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment oversee and coordinate local production of personal protective equipment
Ministry of Finance is involved in economic impact and recovery activities

*FMOH, Federal Ministry of Health; MDA, ministries, departments, and agencies; NCDC, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

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