Former vice-president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has received the COVID-19 vaccine in the United Arab Emirates making him one of the first set of Nigerians to receive the vaccine.
In a tweet by a member of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Media Team, Abdulrasheed Uba said the former vice president had become one of the first Nigerian leaders to take the COVID-19 jab.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the former PDP Presidential candidate Paul Ibe, Atiku expressed hope of Nigerians, especially medical professionals in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the country.
Ibe, said following his principal’s vaccination that the importance of the vaccine in mitigating the effect of the virus cannot be overemphasized.
It read: ” The importance of the #COVID19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday (Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
“He is anxiously looking forward to when Nigerians, especially medical professionals in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the country.”
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by several countries including the United States and the United Kingdom.
