Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of products described as COVID-19 vaccines.

At the presidential task force briefing on Tuesday, the minister said the vaccines, yellow in colour, being hawked in Kano, have not been certified.

“The federal ministry of information and culture and its agencies have put up a public enlightenment and advocacy campaign to continue to reach Nigerians with information on how they can protect themselves and avoid contracting the disease,” he said.

“This is necessary because in the absence of any vaccine or drug, non-pharmaceutical intervention remains the most effective way to contain the spread of the disease and protect Nigerians.

“By the way, you must ignore the vaccine being hawked in Kano which is called COVID-19 vaccine. It’s yellow in colour. It is not certified by anybody; please don’t patronise the hawkers.

“The campaign has, therefore, continued to focus on the need for the populace to adhere strictly to social distancing and mass gathering restrictions. Wear face masks and ensure good personal hygiene.”

He said the ministry has now rolled out a new set of television, radio jingles to further sensitise Nigerians.

The jingles, the minister said, are in English, Pidgin English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are now running on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).

“They are in the process of rolling them out on state and private radio and television stations across the country and also on social media. We have no choice since information remains the most potent tool that can be deployed against the virus today,” he said.

He also said the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has taken steps to prevent misinformation in broadcast stations by warning them to adhere strictly to the professional ethics of balance and fairness in reporting COVID-19.

He added that the commission, in particular, has warned the stations against bringing on their programmes panelists with an agenda to make reckless statements and insinuations.

blasted12:
Most certainly the handwork of those IPOB drug dealers in sabon gari. Dumbass almajiri can't see through it

zionmde:

is ur stuppidity hereditary or genetic
have u checked if dats how u parents behave? wat of ur siblings? ur uncles nko? wat of ur grandparents?
I know why am asking. because if wat u just wrote there is wat ur brain generated at this time of d day Wen it should be refreshed den u case is irredeemable, we might as well say u are












useless

blasted12:
Still the handwork of the ibo drug dealer. It's in the blood

zionmde:

just as being useless is in urs

if u won't pity people dat thought that by now u should have amounted to something
and u don't pity people who sang and danced Wen u were born

then u must be very wicked

adewumiopeyemi:
Na wa hope the lockdown wount get extended

Bodexman:
Hausas has shaperly created a vaccine that can work for their immune system, like the ones they hawk in Lagos. But I hope that's not the reasons for increased cases in kano. Oga Lai can test it to see whether its real or fake.

All I know is that las las, Nigeria will develop her own local vaccine that will cure covik 1-9.

Yanmiriflathead:
What Have we done to deserve this treatment by Igbos? Why Cant they be law abiding citizens for once? must they always get themselves involved in crimes everywhere. People Are Dying in kano today and it is because drug lords in aba and onitsha have made kano their dumping ground. you people should not forget that money is not everything pls fear GOD

Yanmiriflathead:


You think you can change the narratives abi? There maybe bokoharam and poverty in the North. But One thing the North isnt known for is production of fake products and drugs. hausas are honest people, and we are not money conscious. The get rich quick syndrome is not a northern culture so feed your garbage to pigs. we all know those who go about selling and hawking fake products in nigeria. we all know those responsible for this heinous crimes