COVID-19: Kogi Begins Vaccination Campaign, Bello Not Confirmed, After Denial of Existence

Koginfo gathered that Kogi State have started the vaccination of citizens in the state against COVID-19 despite denying the existence of the virus.

 Recall in January Yahaya Bello  told a jeering crowd not to take the vaccines.

“They want to use the (COVID-19) vaccines to introduce the disease that will kill you and us. God forbid!” he had said.

“These vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19.

There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer and for several diseases that are killing us…

We should draw our minds back to what happened in Kano during the polio vaccines that crippled and killed our children. We have learned our lessons.

“If they say they are taking the vaccines in the public allow them take their vaccines. Don’t say I said you should not take it but if you want to take it open your eyes before you take the vaccines,” the governor had said.

However, in a twist of event, the state government has officially flagged off the vaccination of citizens for Covid19 with a pledged not to forcefully administer the jab on anybody nor will it deprive anyone from taking the vaccines “even as the state is pandemic free.”

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Haruna Saka made the disclosure at the official flag-off of the vaccination exercise of citizens in the State on Tuesday.

AstraZeneca Vaccine According to the Commissioner, the State Government took delivery of about 16,900 units of the Vaccines, adding that an equal number of Astrazeneca Oxford vaccines were being expected in the State in a couple of weeks.

Dr. Saka Commended Gov. Yahaya Bello “for his proactive measures towards protecting the lives of its citizens, thanking him for making the Vaccines available to people of the State.”

Highlights of the flag off of the vaccination was the vaccination of top government officials including, the Executive Director of Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr.Abubakar Yakubu.

It was gathered that the low turn out couldn’t be unconnected to the impression “that the vaccines are fake and that those taking them are liable to die not long after.”

Kogi governor Yahaya Bello has not been confirmed to have taken the vaccine before the filing of this report