President Buhari, Osinbajo to take COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday

Editor March 4, 2021 in Health, News - 1 Minute

By Adebisi Oyelere

President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday, receive the COVID-19 vaccines publicly.

This was disclosed by the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib today at a news conference in Abuja.

He said the agency would launch the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Friday at the National Hospital, Abuja, with Frontline health workers to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine first.

He added that, on Saturday, the plan is to Vaccinate the President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and strategic leaders, to demonstrate vaccine safety to the public.

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Ibrahim Sheriff is the Editor of Fresh Insight and former Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly. Although a management science researcher by training, he has over five years experience of practice in Journalism, Public Relations and Communication Strategy. Sheriff holds a Masters Degree in Finance and Bachelors Degree in Banking and Finance from Kwara state University, Malete. He has Certificates in Digital Journalism, Enterprise Creation and Skill Acquisition (ECSA) and Basic Econometrics Data Analysis, as well as Bank of Industry (BoI) Certificate in Business Management. He is also a holder of Diploma in Cooperative Studies from Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin.

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