A former member of the Nigeria Senate and member of the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, has raised issues concerning the Astrazeneca vaccine imported by the Nigerian Government.
Four million doses of the Indian-made vaccine had arrived in Nigeria last Tuesday and the ekevant health authorities commenced deployment Friday, last week.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice president Yemi Osinbajo received their jabs on live television on Saturday, last week, to set national example.
Buhari had urged Nigerians to make themselves available for inoculation.
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, had said no one could be considered safe until everybody had taken the vaccine.
But Senator Dino Melaye, who stated that he was not discouraging Nigerians from receiving the jabs, raised issues as to why Nigerian government would settle fir the cheapest vaccine with the most side effects.
Take a listen to his interview with Roots TV.
See the below a comparison of Astrazeneca vaccine with Pfizer vaccine, Moderna vaccine and Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
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