Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on
January 9, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. Dave Chan / AFP
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday in his first
address of the new year that he was “frustrated” by the slow pace
of COVID-19 inoculations across Canada, three weeks into a
vaccination campaign.
The Canadian government has so far distributed 424,500 doses of
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines — the only ones authorized to
date in Canada — to its provinces and territories responsible for
the vaccination program, according to official figures.
But only about 148,000 doses of vaccine have been administered
so far, according to local media.
“I think all Canadians, including me are frustrated to see
vaccines in freezers and not in people’s arms,” Trudeau told a news
conference.
Trudeau is scheduled to speak Thursday with provincial and
territorial leaders to discuss “how the federal government can
support and help in getting these vaccines more quickly to
Canadians,” he said.
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The ultimate goal, he said, was to “get vaccines to every
Canadians who wants them by September.”
Canada has placed orders and secured options for more than 400
million doses of vaccines from seven pharmaceutical firms, for its
population of 38 million.
The pace of infections has accelerated since the Christmas
holidays, with more than 5,600 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the
total to 617,065 and more than 16,000 deaths.
Quebec, one of the hardest-hit provinces, reportedly plans to
impose a new lockdown starting on Saturday, on the heels of strict
measures ordered last month to slow the spread of the COVID-19
illness.
According to the daily La Presse, citing unnamed government
sources, Quebec public health officials who are concerned hospitals
may be overwhelmed are also pressing for a curfew.
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First City Monument Bank(FCMB) has mandated its Managing
Director, Mr. Adam Nuru to proceed on a leave pending the
determination of the probe being conducted over alleged unethical
conduct, According to TheCable report[1].
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Nairalaw recalls that a Group had earlier ignited a
petition to the CBN & FCMB Board, demanding the sack of the MD.
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This is based on the allegation that the MD foisted a state of
depression on a deceased husband of a former employee, resulting in
his death.
It was alleged that the MD had an illicit affair with the
deceased wife which produced two children, which the deceased
husband thought was his, not until the wife traveled to America
when she later disclosed the fact that the children are not for
him.
This incident coupled with some other things allegedly resulted
in the death of the deceased person.
Meanwhile, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had earlier issued an
official statement regarding the controversies against its Managing
Director, Mr. Adamu Nuru.
The bank noted that it is “aware of several stories circulating
across several social media platforms about our Managing Director
Adam Nuru, a former employee Ms Moyo Thomas and her deceased
husband, Mr. Tunde Thomas”.
In addition, the bank added that the review will cover
likelihood of ‘any violations of our code of ethics and the
adequacy of these code of conduct ethics’, adding that same will be
done with urgency and ‘immediately’.
In the light of the above, the bank is reported to have asked
the MD proceed on leave with a view to having an effective
probe.
It was reported that the decision to ask him proceed on leave
came pursuant to the recommendation of the panel probing the
allegation against the MD.