Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has provided reasons why he is yet to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
He spoke during the virtual official unveiling of a tertiary health centre in Lekki, Lagos on Thursday.
He said he has yet to take doses of the vaccine because of the rule stating that health workers should first get the vaccine.
Sanwo-Olu, who is the COVID-19 Incident Commander in Lagos, however, said he would receive doses of the vaccine on Friday.
He said, “I just want to follow the rules. The rules are that the health workers at the frontline should first take it.
“So, I am pleading with the Commissioner of Health to be gracious and let me also take. So, they have given me a date, Friday and I am hoping that they would have started giving it to the health workers”.
In a statement, the governor was also quoted as saying that Lagos State spent billions of naira last year on procurement of health equipment, adding that the equipment is on its way.
He said, “For us as a government, we have raised our strength on health, especially our capital expenditure on health. We are currently renovating to a world-class; six of our general hospitals.
“We are currently building two new general hospitals. We are building a children hospital. We are building an international research centre. All these are meant to complement what we have currently.
“We will also scale up a tertiary health centre, Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). We will be discussing with you in the next coming months what we want to turn LASUTH to. All of these are to make healthcare accessible and affordable”.
