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By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna
Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has joined other governors in the state to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi the state capital.
The governor received the injection at around 6:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 and it was administered by Dr Abubakar Koko, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Kebbi Medical Centre, Kalgo, according to a statement by Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser Media to the governor.
Shortly after, the Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Suleiman Muhammad Argungu, also received his vaccination.
“The Commissioner for Health, Jafar Muhammad, Director, Immunization and Disease Control at the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Haruna Abdullahi, and Consultant to UNICEF on Vaccines Security and Logistics, Salisu Garba, witnessed the immunization,” he said.
The Kebbi State Government had on Monday, flagged off the COVID-19 vaccination, with frontline Health Workers as the pioneer recipients of the Astrazeneca vaccine. Just over 57,000 doses were sent from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
•PHOTO: Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu getting the COVID-19 jab on Tuesday in Kebi. Photo courtesy of Office of Special Adviser Media to Kebbi State Governor.
