BY LINUS CHIBUIKE
THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum has dissociated itself from a statement credited to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, suggesting that COVID-19 vaccines are meant to kill.
The NGF described the statement as an “ill-fated” one, in a communique issued at the end of its virtual meeting on Wednesday.
“On the ill-fated pronouncement made by a member of the forum regarding the Covid-19 vaccine in a national daily, the forum totally and categorically dissociated itself from the statement,” the communique said.
The governors said they would continue to be informed and guided by science and would also ensure that every decision taken retained public and professional trust.
The forum, according to the communique, is not compromised by conflicts of interest.
Governor Bello had rejected the use of COVID-19 vaccines, claiming they were meant to kill people.
Nigeria is currently going through the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic with an average of 1,000 cases daily being announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Nigerian authorities have also announced that the vaccine will soon arrive the country, promising that whichever vaccines that are approved by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 will be safe for Nigerians.
