Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says COVID-19 is not the
business of people in his state, adding that they have “more pertinent” issues
to tackle.
Bello stated this on Friday, when he featured on ‘Politics
Today’, a Channels Television programme.
The governor, who has repeatedly denied the existence of the
virus in his state, said COVID-19 is the “minute aspect” of what the state is
currently addressing, adding that Kogi is tackling diseases like Yellow Fever
and Lassa Fever, without much noise about its efforts.
“COVID-19 is not our business in Kogi state. We have more
prominent issues, more pertinent issues, more serious matters that we are
attending to in Kogi state,” he said.
“Insecurity that we
met, we’ve tackled it and several others. Disunity, we met it on ground and we
have united Kogi state, not COVID-19.
“COVID-19 is just a minute aspect of what we’re treating in
Kogi state or handling in Kogi state. There have been outbreaks of Lassa Fever,
Yellow Fever — those we handled without making noise about it.”
He noted that if the federal government makes vaccine
available to the state, he will ensure that those who want it get vaccinated.
“If the federal government is gracious enough and gives us
COVID-19 vaccine, we will equally sensitise our people, who wish to take it to
come forward and take the vaccine,” he said.
“But I’m not going to subject the people of Kogi state to
vaccination, or I will not make them guinea pigs.”
When asked if he is going to take the vaccine publicly like
his counterparts, he said: “I don’t need the vaccine; nothing is wrong with me.
I’m hale and hearty — 100 percent hearty.”
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