Sanwo-Olu Reveals Reasons Why He Has Not Received COVID-19 Vaccine

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has revealed reasons why he has not received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure barely 48 hours after the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Lagos, which is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has revealed reasons why he has not received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sanwo-Olu, while speaking at the virtual official unveiling of a tertiary health centre in Lekki, Lagos on Thursday, said he has yet to take doses of the vaccine because of the rule that stated that health workers should be vaccinated first.

The governor made the disclosure barely 48 hours after the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Lagos, which is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sanwo-Olu, who is the COVID-19 Incident Commander in Lagos, however, said he would receive doses of the vaccine on Friday.

“I just want to follow the rules. The rules are that the health workers at the frontline should first take it.

“So, I am pleading with the Commissioner of Health to be gracious and let me also take. So, they have given me a date, tomorrow (Friday) and I am hoping that they would have started giving it to the health workers.”

“For us as a government, we have raised our strength on health, especially our capital expenditure on health. We are currently renovating to a world-class, six of our general hospitals.

“We are currently building two new general hospitals. We are building a children hospital. We are building an international research centre. All these are meant to complement what we have currently.

“We will also scale up a tertiary health centre, Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). We will be discussing with you in the next coming months what we want to turn LASUTH to. All of these are to make healthcare accessible and affordable.

“We are trying to stop medical tourism; people travelling several thousand kilometres to go and secure or get health treatment. With good facilities, we will bring down the total cost of health care and provide quality health care,” the governor said.