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President Buhari Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot

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President Muhammadu Buhari received the Pfizer booster jab of COVID-19 on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Federal Government had earlier announced that the administration of booster jabs would commence in December, in order to help stop the spread of the Omicron Variant of COVID-19. According to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), those eligible for the COVID-19 booster dose are those aged 18 years and above and must have already taken a single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine or full doses of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer Bio-N-Tech, or Moderna vaccine.


After the president received his booster dose, the Executive Secretary of NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib said the president was leading by example for being the first to take the booster shot.

Shuaib said, “Again, this is to show, clearly, to all Nigerians that it is safe, it is efficacious, and know that over eight million Nigerians have been vaccinated, here is another proof that this vaccine is safe and its clarion call to all Nigerians to make themselves available to get the vaccines.

“So, when you go to any health facility, when you go to any mass vaccination site, one thing that should be clear in your mind is that this vaccine that is going into your body is safe and is going to protect you against severe forms of COVID-19. That is the assurance that we’re giving Nigerians.”

Dr. Faisal Shuaib signed the president’s vaccination card.

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