By Aiyeku Timothy
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have dissociated itself from the claim by Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello that coronavirus vaccines are meant to kill Nigerians.
The NGF, in a communiqué at the end of its virtual meeting on Wednesday, said: “On the ill-fated pronouncement made by a member of the forum regarding the Covid-19 vaccine in a national daily, the forum totally and categorically dissociated itself from the statement.”
The NGF said it “will continue to be informed and guided by science and will ensure that every decision it takes retains public and professional trust and is not compromised by conflicts of interest.
In a video that went viral, the Kogi governor was seen addressing a crowd, asking them not to accept the vaccine despite the plea by President Muhammadu Buhari to clergymen, governors and celebrities, urging them to take the vaccine on television.
“Vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19. There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer, headache and for several other diseases that are killing us. They want to use the (COVID-19) vaccines to introduce the disease that will kill you and us. God forbid.
“We should draw our minds back to what happened in Kano during (sic) the Pfizer polio vaccines that crippled and killed our children. We have learned our lessons,” Bello said.
