The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who
refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare
Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint at a press briefing briefing
in Abuja on Tuesday.
In Edo and Ondo States, the state governments had already
announced restrictions regarding some public places that those who have not
taken COVID-19 vaccine cannot have access to.
Shuaib said the government may “apply the basic rule of law”
against such people because they will be endangering the lives of other people.
He said, “he Presidential Steering Committee and the Federal
Ministry of Health is exploring ways of making vaccines more available to all
Nigerians including federal civil servants and corporate entities.
“Once these vaccines are made equitably available to all
Nigerians, then we would need to have a frank discussion about justice,
fairness and liberty that exist around vaccine hesistancy.
“If some individuals refuse to take the vaccine, hence
endangering those who have or those who could not due to medical exemptions,
then we have to apply the basic rule of law which stipulates that your human
right stops where mine begins.
“So, you have a right to refuse vaccines, but you do not
have the right to endanger the health of others.”
Details later…
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U cannot force people to take vaccine.We are not as stupid as the West. Nigeria has bigger health issues and covid is not one of them
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