Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, together with his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, received first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Saturday, urging Nigerians to do the same.
Buhari and Osinbajo got the jab live on television, a day after the COVID-19 national vaccine program commenced with the vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers at the National Hospital, Abuja.
The two leaders received their shots of the vaccine at the Presidential Villa, in the presence of members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and senior government officials.
The personal physicians to the president and vice president administered the vaccine to them.
Buhari described his decision to take the vaccine in public as "a demonstration of leadership and faith in the safety and efficacy of the vaccines."
"I have received my first jab and I wish to commend it to all eligible Nigerians, to do the same so that we can be protected from the virus," the president said on his Twitter handle after he received the jab. "The vaccine offers hope for a safe country, free of Coronavirus."
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