The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, says the Federal Government has administered over 25 million doses of measles vaccine and 22 million yellow fever vaccinations nationwide.

Pate disclosed this on Sunday in a broadcast on his official X handle, highlighting significant gains recorded in immunisation coverage and preventive healthcare delivery across the country.

Beyond measles and yellow fever, Pate said five million children had received the pentavalent vaccine, while over 10 million Nigerians were vaccinated with the tetanus-diphtheria vaccine through the nationwide diphtheria response.

He added that more than one million vaccine doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile were deployed to support meningitis outbreak control in northern regions.

The minister said Nigeria had also taken a historic step in malaria control with the introduction of its first-ever malaria vaccine.

Pate explained that the malaria vaccine rollout commenced in Bayelsa and Kebbi states, with Kebbi alone targeting 179,542 children aged five to 15 months.

He said Nigeria received one million doses of the malaria vaccine, including 846,200 doses from Gavi and 153,800 financed by the Federal Government, with plans for further scale-up.

According to the minister, Nigeria is increasingly being defined not only by its disease burden but also by leadership in domestic resource mobilisation and global disease control efforts.

He noted that sustained increases in health sector financing across all levels of government, covering primary healthcare infrastructure, workforce development and vaccination campaigns, had reinforced global confidence in Nigeria as a provider of health solutions.