Kogi State reject COVID-19 vaccine

Kogi state is yet to take delivery of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after other states of the federation received theirs.

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this on Thursday, March 18 The NPHCDA while speaking on the vaccine roll-out after the national economic council (NEC) meeting.

Shuaib said Kogi state was yet to receive “due to the non-repair of their cold-chain store coupled with the state’s concerns around the contradictory information about the vaccines.”

Yahaya Bello, Kogi state governor, had recently said COVID-19 is not an issue in his state, noting that he will not subject the people to vaccination.

The NPHCDA Executive Director said the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) “had been co-opted to support the PTF on Vaccine Accountability to ensure the safekeeping of the vaccines”.

He also stressed the need for tight security around the vaccines in the states to avoid being vandalised by hoodlums.

Shuaib assured that Nigeria will receive the second tranche of vaccines before the second dose intake is concluded.