Controversial politician and former Senator, Dino Melaye has
mocked the Nigerian Government after 3.94 million doses of the
AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine were delivered to the country via the COVAX
Facility.
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 on Tuesday.
Reacting to the development, the erstwhile Senator asked if
the vaccine will cure hunger, stop terrorism, bandits, and kidnapping ravaging
the nation.
“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.
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 pic.twitter.com/ZjZ3OHtUpT
— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@dino_melaye) March 3, 2021
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 organisations, 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.
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.
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