{"id":2433,"date":"2022-02-08T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2022-02-08T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:13:41","slug":"kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Following allegations of extortion against administrators of vaccines, the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, KSPHCDA, has debunked the online reports which it described as misleading.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recall that the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) under its Public Education on COVID-19 Vaccine Project had alleged that vaccine administrators in Kogi State were demanding money from people before vaccinating them, thereby reducing the uptake of the vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The disclosure was made by the Coordinator of its Public Education on COVID-19 Vaccine Project, Hamza Ibrahim while briefing journalists in Bauchi on key hindrances to the COVID-19 vaccination exercise in the states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">CITAD, therefore, appealed to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to as a matter of urgency, direct the immediate stoppage to what it described as \u201cpay to get vaccinated\u201d by providing data and another form of support to vaccine administrators in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He added that \u201cthe issue of requesting people to make payments to be vaccinated will not only hamper the vaccination exercise, but make people stay away from taking the vaccine, and this potentially renders more people insecure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">However, debunking the allegations in a statement, the Executive Director of KSPHCDA, Abubakar Yakubu, described the report as far from the realities on COVID-19 vaccination in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said the allegations were untrue, even as the NGO failed to back up its reported findings with facts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"..\u00a0 Following allegations of extortion against administrators of vaccines, the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, KSPHCDA,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[244,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-2433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-covid-19","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"..\u00a0 Following allegations of extortion against administrators of vaccines, the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, KSPHCDA,&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ebira Reporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ebirareporters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669\"},\"headline\":\"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Covid-19\",\"Kogi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\",\"name\":\"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ebira Reporters\",\"description\":\"Kogi News and Media\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ebira Reporters\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Ebira Reporters\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\",\"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/author\/ebirareporters\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters","og_description":"..\u00a0 Following allegations of extortion against administrators of vaccines, the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, KSPHCDA,&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/","og_site_name":"Ebira Reporters","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","article_author":"www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","article_published_time":"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00","author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ebirareporters","twitter_site":"@ebirareporters","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669"},"headline":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines","datePublished":"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/"},"wordCount":236,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Covid-19","Kogi"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/","name":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines - Ebira Reporters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-08T16:13:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-news-denies-collecting-money-covid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kogi Denies Collecting Money to Administer Covid-19 Vaccines"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/","name":"Ebira Reporters","description":"Kogi News and Media","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#organization","name":"Ebira Reporters","url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Ebira Reporters"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7e2919de185342f413c196898786669","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec8d4dcc37d068d4740761605928ba4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ebirareporters.com","www.facebook.com\/ebirareporters","https:\/\/x.com\/ebirareporters"],"url":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/author\/ebirareporters\/"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","cnvs-small":"","cnvs-thumbnail":"","pk-small":"","pk-thumbnail":"","csco-small":"","csco-intermediate":"","csco-thumbnail":"","csco-thumbnail-alternative":"","csco-thumbnail-uncropped":"","csco-medium":"","csco-medium-alternative":"","csco-medium-uncropped":"","csco-large":"","csco-large-uncropped":"","csco-extra-large":""},"author_info":{"info":["Admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"2":{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/category\/news\/"}},"tags_names":{"244":{"name":"Covid-19","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/tag\/covid-19\/"},"34":{"name":"Kogi","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/tag\/kogi\/"}},"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions\/2434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}