Officials and religious leaders are mobilizing to encourage the population to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The most populous country in Africa received nearly 4 million doses of this vaccine as part of the Covax unit in early March. Many vaccination centers have opened their doors in major cities across the country for people over the age of 70 and particularly vulnerable occupations.
Despite a few disagreements, Nigerian politicians continue to promote vaccination against Covid-19, and religious authorities have an important role to play in reassuring the Nigerian population, which is very religious.
In particular, an awareness meeting was held last Friday in Abuja between the Ministry of Health and Muslim imams and academics.
During this meeting, the Sultan of Sokoto, the highest Muslim dignitary in the country, asked political and religious leaders to “lead by example.” possible to eradicate it, ”stressed the Sultan of Sokoto.
But part of the Nigerian population is still reluctant to be vaccinated. Especially in the northern part of the country, where the Pfizer laboratory was blamed for conducting an illegal clinical trial in 1996 during an epidemic of meningitis and measles that resulted in the deaths of at least 11 children in the city of Kano.
The travana in the Trovan affair is still very much in people’s minds, and those responsible for the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 are very aware of it.
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