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I wont take any COVID-19 Vaccine – Yahaya Bello
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has insisted that he won’t take the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine because there is no Covid-19 in Kogi State.
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has insisted that he won’t take the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine because there is no Covid-19 in Kogi State.
The Governor made the declaration on Friday while speaking on Channels TV ‘Politics Today’.
The Governor Emphasized that Kogi State has more important issues to deal with than subjecting residents to COVID-19 vaccination.
Governor Bello however added that he won’t stop residents who wish to be vaccinated if the federal government makes the vaccine available but personally, he would rather not make the people guinea pigs.
In his words: “COVID-19 is not our business in Kogi State. We have more pertinent issues and more pertinent matters that we are attending to in Kogi State. Insecurity we met, we’ve tackled it and several others. Disunity we met on ground and we have united Kogi State today not COVID-19.
“COVID-19 is just a minute aspect of what we are treating or handling in Kogi State; there have been outbreaks of Lassa Fever and Yellow Fever and those were handled without making noise about it.
“The last Yellow Fever (outbreak), we vaccinated our people against Yellow Fever, we encouraged them, we educated them and they felt the impact…If the Federal Government is gracious enough and give us COVID-19 vaccines, we will equally sensitize our people, people who wish to come and take can come and take but I am not going to subject the people of Kogi State to vaccines or vaccination and I will not make them the guinea pigs.
When reminded on the program that President Muhammadu Buhari himself is scheduled to take the vaccine, Bello replied: “Mr. President is the leader of this country. I respect him so high; all of us respect him so much. We love him and he is leading by example. If he needs to take the vaccines and he takes it, it is a welcome development.
“As far as I am concerned, I as a person, I don’t need to take vaccines. There is nothing wrong with me, I am hale and hearty. I am 100 percent healthy…I won’t take any vaccine.”