[JUST IN] COVID-19 VACCINE: See what FG said Nigerian should do | READ FULL DETAILS
Chukwuemeka Chukwueke
Feb 08, 2021
The Federal Government has said every Nigerian is at great risk of contracting the COVID-19, declaring that everybody has to be vaccinated in order to defeat the pandemic.
Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha disclosed this Monday in Abuja during a sensitization meeting on COVID-19 vaccine introduction with the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and other Christian scholars.
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He said; "The arrival of vaccines has given hope to humanity that a solution has been found. This does not however mean that the Non-pharmaceutical interventions NPIs would be discarded.
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Going forward it shall be NPIs + vaccines for everyone to completely get over the pandemic.
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"I wish to make it abundantly clear that nobody is safe around the world until everyone is vaccinated. That is why we are now gathered here today, to sensitise you and seek your inputs on the strategy to be jointly adopted and the role you will play in carrying the message on vaccines to all adherents of the Christian faith. "I urge us to be frank, innovative and adopt common objectives of collaboration and determination to overcome the pandemic by reaching out to all adherents of our faith on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. Every Christian should be an advocate for the vaccines", Mustapha added.
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