It is shameful that Nigeria is begging for COVID-19 vaccines ― Okebukola It is shameful that Nigeria is begging for COVID-19 vaccines ― Okebukola Share Former Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC) and Chairman of Governing Council of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof Peter Okebukola, has described as shameful, that Nigeria is begging other countries for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines. He said if there was massive investment in Nigeria’s healthcare system especially in research relating to healthcare delivery, the country would have been able to develop and produce home-grown vaccines against the virus. He argued that even if the country would have needed vaccines from other countries, it would only be in small quantity to complement the locally produced vaccines rather than to rely solely on the imported vaccines for the populace.