Politics
Abia governor receives COVID-19 vaccine, urges Nigerians to embrace opportunity
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Thursday received his jab of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Ikpeazu, who was administered the vaccine by his Personal Physician, Dr. Mike Enyinnaya, at the Government House Umuahia, urged the people of the state themselves available for vaccination.
He said: “The deployment of the vaccine as a device to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is endorsed by the World Health Organization and captured by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
READ ALSO: Abia govt bans public gatherings over COVID-19
“It is absolutely important for Nigerians to key into the agenda of ridding the country of this deadly virus.”
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and his deputy had on Wednesday received their doses of the vaccine.
Several other governors are also expected to receive the vaccine in the coming days.
Nigeria officially rolled out the vaccine last week with President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, among the first set of people to receive the vaccine.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...