President Buhari Gets COVID-19 Booster Shot

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the booster shot of the Pfizer BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine.

Amid the spike in coronavirus cases in the country, the president was administered the third dose on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Buhari had taken the two jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 6 and May 29, 2021, and addressing newsmen after his booster shot, Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) stated the action will prove how safe and effective the vaccine is to citizens.

According to Shuaib, more than 8 million Nigerians have been vaccinated. He added that 8 out of 10 persons who die from the coronavirus are unvaccinated.

President Buhari with his vaccine card

He told those against the vaccine to do away with their conspiracy theories as the vaccine is not harmful to humans.

“The significance of the shot this morning is that the father of the nation is leading by example. As usual, he is among the first people that have taken the booster dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine.

"Again, to show, clearly, to all Nigerians that it is safe, it is efficacious, and now that over 8 million Nigerians have been vaccinated, here is another proof that this vaccine is safe and it’s a clarion call to all Nigerians to make themselves available to get the vaccine.

"The evidence is there; over eight million Nigerians have taken the vaccines safely. They are well; they are going about their normal businesses and what we’re seeing from the data is that COVID-19 is now mostly a disease of the unvaccinated.

“Out of every 10 people that have died, the data shows that eight of them are unvaccinated. So, there’s a greater likelihood of dying from COVID-19 if you’re unvaccinated.

“What the President has done today is again to indicate to all Nigerians that federal government does everything to make sure that only safe and efficacious vaccines are brought into Nigeria and that when they are brought into Nigeria, we’ll double-check to make sure that it fits the very high standards that have been set by NAFDAC.

“So, when you go to any health facility, when you go to any mass vaccination site, one thing that should be clear in your mind is that this vaccine that is going into your body is safe and is going to protect you against severe forms of COVID-19. It will also protect you from dying from COVID-19. That is the assurance that we’re giving Nigerians", he said.