Senate President Ahmad Lawan has received the first jab of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the National Assembly.
The vaccine administered in his office by his personal physician, Dr. Muhammad Usman, was witnessed by some senators led by the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary), Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe. presented a vaccination card to the Senate President.
Speaking after he received the first jab of the vaccine, the Senate President called on Nigerians to make themselves available for the vaccination.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is real. We are still facing that challenge and, therefore, I urge all Nigerians, especially those within the range specified by the health authorities and those at the frontline that we make ourselves available”.
Adding that “Even though this is a voluntary thing but it is advisable that as many Nigerians as possible should take the vaccine”.
“We need to reach out to the people. We should convince them. We should use the system that we have used before in getting our people vaccinated over the year.