FG hints at taking action against COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
The Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, has said Nigerians, who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine won’t be allowed to put others at risk.
Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this at a briefing on vaccine hesitancy in Abuja, yesterday, said the Federal Government would prevent eligible Nigerians from endangering others once the vaccines were available to everyone.
He said: “The Presidential Steering Committee and the Federal Ministry of Health are exploring ways of making vaccines more available to all Nigerians, including Federal civil servants and corporate entities.
“If some individuals refuse to take the vaccine, hence endangering those who have or those who could not due to medical exemptions, then we have to apply the basic rule of law, which stipulates that your human right stops where mine begins. So, you have a right to refuse vaccines, but you do not have the right to endanger the health of others.”
Shuaib, who also reiterated that the vaccines being administered in the country were safe and efficient, added: “Let me once again, assure Nigerians that the Federal Government is very alert on the safety and efficacy of the various range of vaccines we are using in the country, and that is why we are not compromising on any component of our vaccine logistics at Federal and state levels”.
