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General News of Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Source: pmnewsnigeria.com

Will coronavirus vaccine cure hunger? – Dino Melaye jabs Nigerian Govt

Controversial politician and former Senator, Dino Melaye Controversial politician and former Senator, Dino Melaye

Controversial politician and former Senator, Dino Melaye has jabbed the Nigerian government following the arrival of 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine arrived in the country on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Reacting to the development, the Senator quizzed if the vaccine will cure hunger, stop terrorism, bandits, and kidnapping ravaging the nation.

Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Federal Minister of Health, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the National Coordinator of NCDC, and Dr Faisal Shuaib of NPHCDA received the vaccines at Abuja International airport, PMNews Nigeria reports.

“Covid vaccine dey cure hunger? The vaccine go stop terrorism, bandits and kidnapping? If no….Bubu comot for road jare. Give me boli make i chop i beg. SDM,” he wrote.

COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), working in partnership with UNICEF, the World Bank, civil society organizations, manufacturers, and others.

The UN system said the arrival marked a historic step towards the goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, in what would be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according to PMNews Nigeria.

It said the delivery was part of the first wave of arrivals in Nigeria that would continue in the coming days and weeks.





Edward Kallon, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, reiterated the commitment of the UN to support the vaccination campaign in the country and help contain the spread of the virus.

“The arrival of these vaccines in Abuja today marks a milestone for the COVAX Facility in its unprecedented effort to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally by the end of 2021.