NSCDC Boss Asks Personnel to Be Vaccinated

Michael Olugbode in Abuja

The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has instructed personnel of the Corps to discountenance the rumoured conspiracy theory in COVID-19 pandemic and comply with the government directive by receiving the required vaccines to prevent contracting the dreaded virus

He made the charge yesterday during his address at the opening ceremony of a three-day ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop on COVID-19 response at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja.

He said the COVID-19 vaccine would help to checkmate the spread of the virus from person to person(s) “before it grounds our socio-political and economic activities as witnessed in 2020.”

He said: “I have demonstrated good  leadership to you by taking the first and second dose of the vaccine with my management team, therefore, I urge you to refrain from unverified reports on the myth of the vaccines, which has no medical or scientific proof. Having being administered the two jabs, I am still alive, healthy and strong, and when the booster dose is available, I will also take it. So, I encourage you all and every meaningful Nigerians to do same.”

Audi recalled that the NSCDC COVID-19 response team in the past two weeks has gone round the six geo-political zones of the country to sensitise members of the public on the need to adhere to all preventive measures, noting that this sensitisation workshop on COVID-19 is a pragmatic step which is very germane to the cooperate existence of the service, and it is imperative for Nigerians to be wary of the deadly new variant.

Meanwhile, the representative of the Director, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at the event, Mr. Michael Okali, lauded the NSCDC for its consistent and continuous partnership in carrying out sensitisation to the grassroots, most especially remote communities.