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Only 3% of Nigerians vaccinated against Covid-19 — Lai Mohammed

Only 3% of Nigerians vaccinated against Covid-19 — Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said barely three per cent of Nigeria’s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 largely due to poor access to the vaccine by developing countries.


Speaking on Sunday, December 5, in Madrid, Spain at the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Lai
warned that lack of vaccination by developing countries would provide a fertile ground for the virus to mutate and thus threaten the progress already recorded in developed countries.

 

He said most developed countries had already vaccinated 60 per cent and above of their population, most developing countries were below five per cent.

 

Mohammed noted that many developed countries had used the advantage of their enormous resources or relationship to sign agreements with manufacturers to supply their countries with vaccines ahead of making them available for use by other countries.


“Even before the clinical trials were completed, millions of doses of the most promising vaccines have been bought by Britain, U S, Japan and the European bloc countries. Some of these countries bought doses five times the size of their population.


“There are fears that these unilateral deals will deprive the poorest countries of access to these life-saving commodities,” he said.

 

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  1. Emmanuel kachi

    Another Lai. #Kachi

    1. Dee

      If Lai Mohammad was vaccinated, He would be dead by now. Buhari is not vaccinated or else he would be a dead man. They are all avoiding the vaccine but enforcing it. The content of the Vaccine will kill these old men because their bodies will be too fragile to take in Mrna

    2. Anonymous

      Who turned on the Lai manufacturing machine?

  2. Elixi

    You want make we vaccinate, we follow you chop palliative? Nonsense!

    1. Crackhead

      This man is very shameless. What stopped Africa from developing their own vaccines like China and Russia did? Must we always rely on the West for support? Since non of the vaccines are effective, Can’t you collaborate with China and develop it in bulk and distribute to your citizens? What China want is money. It’s a curse to have weak and unthinking men as leaders. I hope y’all happy now that they’ve stopped Nigerians from traveling because of their Omicron vibrant? Useless government. When will Africa mature like other countries? We’re too dull and stupid for the fast paced world of today.

    2. Anonymous

      He calls himself the minister of information yet he uses pre-independence processes of sharing information. His news are always always 2 weeks old if not older; in a 21st century world? haba mana

  3. ALEX MORGAN

    DISHONOURABLE MINISTER OF LIES HAS SPOKEN SHAMELESS OLD MAN

  4. Anonymous

    But you guys said everybody don Dey vaccinated, Una wan chop money again

  5. Mr Bola

    And only 3 percent of Nigerians are not complaining about the hardship you and your fellow APC cohorts, has brought upon Nigerians Oga, vaccine is not our problem now, you guys should fix this country abeg, things are realy going haywire everyday

  6. Anonymous

    Very very good! What percentage of Nigerians received #Palliative during lockdown? Ogun punish you and vaccine!

  7. Anonymous

    We don't know when Lai Mohammed is telling the truth even with statistics. What a pathetic old man

  8. Anonymous

    As the oga of NCDC wey you be na

  9. Anonymous

    Me think say na only banning social media be the ole work weh you get 4 Nigeria. Now, u no dey shame 2 talk say na ole 3% don vaccinate. Na yeye just full this man pocket oo.

  10. Remi Bailey

    Can one believe the % he is quoting?

  11. Anonymous

    Useless man, have you been vaccinated? Vaccination bend Una mouth

  12. Power1

    You think Nigerians will fall for the COVID 19 fraud? That 3% will regret ever taking that vaccine. nonsense!

  13. Anonymous

    And we never see the Omicron in Nigeria, they only see it when they arrive their borders. Lori iro

  14. HUMMM

    Well Mr. Motomouth, if your country is not so fucking corrupt and stolen the nations money, you will have the money to purchase the vaccines. Since you you beg for vaccine donation, you will have to work with the numbers of vaccines given to you and not complain, #freeloaders. Even at that, you guys have started selling the free vaccines you received for private hospitals to charge or r to N6,000 per shot. Y'all never cease to amaze or shock me anymore. Razz people

  15. Anonymous

    Pack ur children to complete the numbers that you want.

  16. Anonymous

    Nobody knows when you're even saying the truth, Oga don't worry, this country is in God's Hands and your deception or lies will never stop the will of God about us.

  17. Legendary Prick

    Lie Mohammed again, god of lies has spoken😁😁😁😁

  18. Legendary Prick

    Minister of disinformation doing his work again😁😁😁😁😁

  19. Legendary Prick

    Or misinformation sef😁😁😁😁

  20. terhide charles

    That's even too much!

  21. Anonymous

    It’s lie Mohammed so it’s probably a lie, although the number of people vaccinated is low, Nigerians are still alive and living, focused more on providing for December than anything else. Let’s face it we are more scared of Nigerian Police than Covid, Kidnappings than Covid, cuz these have killed more than Covid.

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