Covid 19: Accept vaccine, factional Ohanaeze urges southeast zone

The apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Monday, urged those from the southeast region to present themselves for the Astraveneca vaccine jab.
The group described the ongoing panics brewing amongst Nigerians on the authenticity of the covid 19 vaccine, as unnecessary which needed to be urgently addressed by both federal and state governments. 

In a statement issued in Abakaliki, signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary General  Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, he said they had to come in following mass rejection greeting the exercise in the zone. 

He said they had to start up a campaign to encourage people from the zone to participate in the covid 19 vaccine jab, stressing that doing so will help in combating covid 19 fatality in the region. 

The group also called on Governors from the zone to establish a unified communications and protocols to meet the needs of Ndigbo in the  process of administering the covid 19 vaccine injection.

” We are aware of the ongoing sabotage of few scrupulous medical officials in the diversion of covid 19 vaccines to private hospitals and individuals to be resold to patients. 

“There must  be strict rules for the covid 19 vaccine being administered to Ndigbo. Governors must place grave sanctions on erring medical professionals caught in this mischievous acts of sabotage. 

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo will continue monitor the distribution of covid 19 PPEs to ensure that what is meant for the zone gets to the people. We urge Ndigbo to accept the covid 19 vaccine without any fear or ill feelings about its authenticity,” he stated.