Buhari and Osinbajo to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines on Saturday

Isiyaku Ahmed

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will receive the first jabs of COVID-19 vaccine as example for the rest of the nation that the vaccines are safe before live television cameras on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

During a media briefing at the State House on Thursday, Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), disclosed that the nation’s first citizens will be first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccines.

Frontline health workers will receive the nation’s first doses a day earlier on Friday, March 5 at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Stallion Times reports that Nigeria received its first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.