Some prominent Nigerian government officials took jabs of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Part of the PTF team at the committee briefing includes Boss Mustapha, the Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Environment, and Muhammad Mahmood and Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora.
Also present are Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the National Incident Manager (NIM) PTF, Mukhtar Muhammad, among others
Before taking a jab of the vaccine, Mustapha said: “Today, Monday, March 8, 2021, I will lead all members of the PTF to receive the first doses of the vaccine as a further demonstration of the safety and efficacy.
“Also, our journalists who are critical front-liners in this fight will receive the vaccine in a representative manner.”
Recall that Kemi Filani earlier reported that President Muhammed Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
Their physicians administered Buhari and Osinbajo the vaccine.
