The Ogun State Government has issued a sixty-day ultimatum to residents to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or be prevented from enjoying essential public services or engaging in any form of business transactions.

Governor Dapo Abiodun who disclosed this in Abeokuta, at the official flag-off of the state’s mass Covid-19 Vaccination campaign, targeting 2 million people across the state, said unvaccinated individuals would not be allowed to be allowed entry into schools, markets, motor parks and other public facilities at the expiration of the ultimatum. 

Governor Abiodun said the mass vaccination, to be carried out in all primary, secondary, tertiary and selected private health institutions across the state, would provide the opportunity for another forty per cent of the state’s population to be captured, especially at the grassroots level.

In a remark, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Doctor Faisal Shuaib identified Ogun State as one of the foremost states in the utilisation of the vaccine and solicited the cooperation of the people towards flattening the curve of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Also, the Representative of the World Health Organization, WHO, in the state, Doctor Dele David and the General Manager, Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, NSSF, Doctor Chinneye Nwoko, promised their continued support towards ensuring the success of the mass vaccination exercise. 

Earlier, the Commissioner for Health, Doctor Tomi Coker who said about one hundred and fifty thousand people had been fully vaccinated while over three hundred thousand others had received the first jab in the state, explained that the campaign was part of efforts to reduce the spread of the virus ahead of the festive season.

Modupeola Sobukonla