A former minister of aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined the list of public figures to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite raising alarm over vaccination earlier.
Fani-Kayode, who had once described the COVID-19 vaccine as ‘evil’, took to his Twitter page on Wednesday to clarify why he received the vaccine.
He tweeted, “The COVID-19 vaccines we are taking in Nigeria are not Bill Gates’ vaccines and neither are we being used as Guinea pigs. These are tried and tested, have already been approved and have been administered successfully throughout the world. This is the Oxford Azrazeneca brand.
“There is a world of difference between what we are being given in Nigeria & the exploratory vaccines that @WHO had wanted to test Africans with which we spoke against and resisted last year. Most importantly Bill Gates and his foundation have no connection with Oxford Azrazeneca.
“I would not touch anything Bill Gates with a barge pole for obvious reasons. Mark it.”
He added that he had to bow to sound logic and superior reasoning while receiving the jab.
“Despite my initially strong reservations, I bowed to sound logic and superior reasoning and took my Covid-19 vaccine today. This is thanks to my sister, the distinguished Senator Grace Bent, who convinced me to take it and who emphasised that we must set an example to others,” he tweeted.
“I recommend the vaccine to others and I assure you that National Hospital in Abuja is a great place to take it. Covid is real & has killed many people, including dozens that I knew & loved, over the last one year. Let us fulfil all righteousness, follow the protocols, sanitise regularly, maintain social distancing, stay healthy.”
His latest flip-flop has drawn the ire of many Nigerians on social media, who accuse him of flowing with any tide.
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