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Oba Darasimi The Lagos government is negotiating with several Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers for the immediate use of its residents, according to the state’s Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN). Although Onigbanjo did not specify when the state would take the delivery of the vaccines, he said the move to negotiate with vaccine manufacturers became necessary because of rising cases of infections in the state. The Federal Government had announced it would take the delivery of the first batch of vaccines from manufacturers in January with a further 10m doses expected in the country by March. However Onigbajo said the state government must heavily augment the FG’s supplies because Lagos is the epicenter of the disease in the country.
Lagos State Government is currently in discussion with manufacturers of COVID-19 viral vector vaccine with a view to making vaccine available to residents amid spike in cases of patients infected with the virus.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, disclosed this on Saturday while reacting to a statement addressed to him by a concerned citizen, simply identified as Mr. Uthman, accusing the state government of incapacity and unwillingness to enforce compliance with COVID-19 pandemic protocols in the state.
Recall that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said as COVID-19 poses one of humanity’s greatest public health challenges, the pandemic provides an opportunity to ramp up public health infrastructure in Nigeria including the training of required experts even as governments should be doing more in the area of funding.