President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), have received their COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Old Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja.
Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Tuesday, delivered under the international COVAX scheme.
Three doctors and a nurse were the first to receive the vaccine on Friday.
The President was injected with the vaccine by his Chief Personal Physician, Dr Shuaib Rafindadi Sanusi, while the Vice President was injected by Dr Nicholas Odifre, Personal Physician to the Vice President.
At the brief ceremony had in attendance the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha; Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.
Plans are also being made to send the vaccine across the country and governors have promised to take the dose on live television to encourage people to get vaccinated.
