The data released Friday said the staggering figure was even more worrying because it included around one in seven teenagers.
Lagos led the states with seven confirmed cases, followed by Adamawa with five cases and Delta and Rivers states with three cases each.
Mr Oloyede said JAMB paid $247,500 for a “door-to-door” port transportation of the equipment from the Project C.U.R.E distribution centre to the Nigerian port.
The Plateau government says it has recorded two positive cases of monkeypox in Shendam and Bassa local government areas.
The laboratory, the first of its kind in northern Nigeria, will assist in researching and treating women with cervical cancer.
“We don’t want to wait until the situation is out of control,” said the WHO official.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming monkeypox and its variants.
The Commission said that it would make the shots rapidly available to all EU member states, Norway and Iceland.
EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides, who announced this on Tuesday, said the first doses should be available by the end of the month.
South Africa recorded the most coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa, with over 3.9 million confirmed cases and more than 101,000 deaths.
