Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines should not be on the basis of the highest bidder.

Speaking at the 2020 EURAFRICA forum which held virtually on Friday, the vice president said the vaccine should be made accessible to all countries, especially the poor and developing countries.

The forum themed ‘Towards a realistic Euro-African partnership during and beyond the COVID-19 era’, was organised to foster a stronger partnership between Europe and Africa to promote growth.

Osinbajo said: “Europe should work closely with Africa to ensure that when a vaccine is finally deployed it should not be on the basis of the highest bidder but rather be made available at an affordable and in an accessible manner”.

“This is a matter that should not be taken for granted. We saw during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in richer parts of the world, that orders for test kits and reagents by African countries were deemed too small and tended to be ignored,” he said.

He emphasized that “although Nigeria does not have the resources or means to pre-pay for a COVID-19 vaccine, we are fortunate to be a GAVI supported country and we urge the EU to lend support to GAVI’s effort to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX initiative”.

“This way, poorer countries and their citizens will get the vaccines that they need at the same time as the rest of the world,” he said.

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The vice president said the forum serves as a good platform to help African and European countries work together to achieve economic growth.

Meanwhile, the federal government has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Although, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, has vowed to the potency of the vaccine, Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, said the samples will be subjected to evaluation by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and the Nigeria Institute of Pharmaceutical Research.

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Thanks but no thanks... We'll pass.

Fvck oyibo with their so called contaminated vaccine









We don't need it in Africa. Our land is healed by the Almighty Yahweh.

I believe the vaccine will be made available to countries once there's any. Its worth the mention so they have the African countries in mind though.

Lovelive:

Fvck oyibo with their so called contaminated vaccine








We don't need it in Africa. Our land is healed by the Almighty Yahweh.

Be appreciative that some parts of the world are using their brains. Stop this religious lines that has punished Africans from thinking on how to maximize their brains while waiting for God to fix all issues for them...how has that moved us from being a third world continent?

Lovelive:

Fvck oyibo with their so called contaminated vaccine









We don't need it in Africa. Our land is healed by the Almighty Yahweh.

Which one has Nigeria/Africa produced? A lazy and unfocussed individual will just wake up and condemn a thing he doesn't even know the definition. U better be happy the world has some smart brains saving the ass of a largely non productive Nigeria/Africa which have been ruined by poor leadership...else you would have joined dinosaurs to be extinct in the face of global health crisis. Yaweh who u depend on gave us all brains to innovate and save ourselves from tough situations. If you don't use it, then he'll look on while u return to dust.

And that your fvcking brain failed you to create covid-19 in first place !
I am not afraid of death and even if I am, I must surely die one day. So fvck you with your fvckn vaccine.







You think you are bigger than the creator if all things, wright?

SmartProf:

Which one has Nigeria/Africa produced? A lazy and unfocussed individual will just wake up and condemn a thing he doesn't even know the definition. U better be happy the world has some smart brains saving the ass of a largely non productive Nigeria/Africa which have been ruined by poor leadership...else you would have joined dinosaurs to be extinct in the face of global health crisis. Yaweh who u depend on gave us all brains to innovate and save ourselves from tough situations. If you don't use it, then he'll look on while u return to dust.

They Created a virus and quickly created an anti-virus, a la vaccine! At whose cost/profit? What about the contents, and effects? Let them test it on their people first.

Lovelive:
And that your fvcking brain failed you to create covid-19 in first place !
I am not afraid of death and even if I am, I must surely die one day. So fvck you with your fvckn vaccine.







You think you are bigger than the creator if all things, wright?

You would have waited for God to produce the device and telecom network u are using to insult smart beings who have moved you from the bush, brushed u with formal education, so u dont hang around with animals in the jungle. From polio vaccine to yellow fever vaccine and all the rest u have been administered since u were born, you better go somewhere & vomit them out.

You think you know much better and indirectly concluded that I am against inventions, far from that. But let me help you to realize that it's not every invention or innovation that gives " joy " or " satisfaction " to mankind.





Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme.

SmartProf:

You would have waited for God to produce the device and telecom network u are using to insult smart beings who have moved you from the bush, brushed u with formal education, so u dont hang around with animals in the jungle. From polio vaccine to yellow fever vaccine and all the rest u have been administered since u were born, you better go somewhere & vomit them out.

You are a professor. Why can't you assemble a team of Virologist to be supervised by the ministers of health and science and technology to produce our own vaccine. Must you rely on the one produced by others?