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Buhari receives 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received the second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine administered by his personal physician, Dr Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi, at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on Saturday, March 6, 2021, got their first doses of the vaccine live on TV, a day after the COVID-19 national vaccine programme commenced with the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Speaking after the vaccine was first administered to him in March, President Buhari described his decision to take the vaccine in public as ‘‘a demonstration of leadership and faith in the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.”

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He added that the rollout and administration plan would cater for over 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population in 2021 and 2022.

The vaccination of the four frontline health workers on March 5 marked the commencement of the vaccination programme in the country.

Nigeria had on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, received about four million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine.

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