Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar Receives COVID-19 Vaccine in Dubai

Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar joins the league of politicians who has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The 2019 presidential candidate, received the Coronavirus vaccine said to be 90 percent effective and granted authorisation by the WHO in dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In a statement released by the spokesperson of the former PDP Presidential candidate Paul Ibe, Atiku expressed hope of Nigerians, especially medical professionals in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the country.

The statement read; 

The importance of the #COVID19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday (Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 

He is anxiously looking forward to when Nigerians, especially medical professionals in the frontline and the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in the country.