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News In Pictures: Nigerian Governors Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Jab

Nigeria commenced its COVID-19 vaccination with frontline health workers in Abuja last Friday.

President Buhari and VP Osinbajo getting vaccinated 

After President Muhamadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received the vaccine on Saturday at the presidential villa, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) started deployment to states.

Ogun was the first state to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and Dapo Abiodun became the first governor to receive the jab.

Among other governors that have received the vaccine are: Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state; Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano; Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta; Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa; Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo; Muhammad Badaru, Jigawa; Gboyega Oyetola, Osun; Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti, and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara.

Below are photos of them taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor



Ganduje, Kano governor



Badaru, Jigawa governor

Oyetola, Osun governor


Akeredolu, Ondo governor


Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti


Okowa, Delta governor and his wife


Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara


Fintiri, Adamawa governor



Abiodun, Ogun state governor


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