By Asmau Ahmad
The Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar and other members of staff on Monday received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the State House Clinic, Abuja.
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brg-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, also received the vaccine at the clinic.
Health Reporters reports that Gambari and others were administered the vaccine after some frontline health workers at the State House.
It was observed that the Chief Nursing Officer of the State House Clinic, Esther Ibrahim, administered the vaccine to the affected government officials.
They were later presented with vaccination cards by the Chief Medical Director of the clinic, Dr Husain Munir.
In his remarks, Prof. Gambari said the vaccination was painless and that he followed the footsteps of President Buhari who demonstrated leadership alongside his deputy who received the jabs on Saturday.
He advised eligible Nigerians to take the vaccines as they had been verified to be safe.
“The more Nigerians are vaccinated the more we are safe,” he added.
Also speaking at the event, Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar lauded the Buhari administration for providing the vaccines to the citizens in good times.
He also advised all eligible Nigerians to take the vaccine “because it is safe and very useful.”
The ongoing public vaccination is meant to reassure Nigerians of the safety and the efficacy of the vaccine.
