By Sarah NEGEDU
The FCT Administration said it will from Monday the17th January, 2022 deny unvaccinated staff, visitors and clients access to its premises.
A circular by the Permanent Secretary of the FCTA, Mr. Olusade Adesola, directs all employees to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or present a negative Covid -19 PCR test result done within 72 hours before they will be allowed access to the premises.
The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communication, Malam Abubakar Sani, in a statement said the verification exercise will be carried out on a continuous basis as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The circular, which was addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority, all Mandate Secretaries, Coordinators of AMMC, STDD as well as Heads of all Departments and FCTA Agencies is in line with the one issued earlier by the Federal Government instructing staff on grade level 12 and below to resume duty.
The circular reads in part, “All members of staff are therefore required to show evidence of Covid-19 Vaccination or present a negative Covid -19 PCR test result done within 72 hours, failure of which such members of staff will not be allowed to the office premises commencing from Monday, 17th January, 2022”.
He said free vaccination points have also been made available in all FCTA premises by the Health and Human Services Secretariat to provide opportunity for staff and visitors alike to get vaccinated.
He, however, warned that persistent non-compliance or refusal by staff to be vaccinated would be treated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Public Service Rules.
Olusade explained that in order to ensure strict compliance with this circular, the Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection & Enforcement in collaboration with the Director of Security Services have been mandated to mount surveillance in all entry points to prevent violators from gaining access to offices of the FCTA from Monday, next week.
