I Won’t Take COVID-19 Vaccine – Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has vowed that he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine saying that there is nothing wrong with him to make him take the preventive vaccine.

He, however, said that the state would accept the vaccine if given to it and that he would not compel anyone to take the vaccine.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that Governor Bello has been at the centre of controversy over his state’s implementation of the COVID-19 protocols and has so far gone about his affairs without face masks.

Remarkably, the state has not made a formal report of COVID-19 despite its exposure as a passage between the North and South.

Speaking on a Channels Television programme on Friday, Governor Bello said that even while he respects the president but that he would not join him to take the vaccine publicly.

He also said that if the federal authorities send the vaccine to Kogi that he would accept them but would not compel any citizen to take it.

Yahaya Bello speaking on why he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine, said, “COVID-19 is not our business in Kogi State. We are dealing with more serious issues in Kogi State, not COVID-19. COVID-19 is just the minutest aspect of what we are treating in Kogi State.

“There has been an outbreak of Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever and those were handled without making noise. On the last Yellow Fever outbreak, we vaccinated our people against it, we encouraged them, we educated them and they felt the impact because it ravaged some communities in Kogi State.

“They came up and we vaccinated them. So if the Federal Government is gracious enough to give us COVID-19 vaccines, we are only going to sensitize our people, whoever wishes to come and take should come forward and take the vaccination but I am not going to subject the people of Kogi State to vaccination. I will not make them the guinea pigs.”

On whether he would join President Muhammadu Buhari to take the vaccine as a public awareness campaign, he said:

“Mr. President is the leader of this country. I respect him so much. All of us respect him so much. We love him and he is leading by example. If he needs to take the vaccine and he takes it, it is a welcome development. As far as I am concerned. I, as a person, don’t need to take a vaccine. Nothing is wrong with me, I am hale, hearty, 100 percent healthy. I can give you my health report anytime you desire it.”

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