COVID-19 vaccine: Disregard conspiracy theories – NOA tells Nigerians

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has encouraged Nigerians to ignore paranoid fears about COVID-19 immunizations and the different gossipy tidbits being credited to them.

Dr. Garba Abari

Chief General of NOA, Garba Abari, offered the guidance in a proclamation, made accessible to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

Abari, while reacting to hints of the conceivable utilization of the immunizations as populace control and DNA changing measure, exposed the thought.

He said that no antibody would be permitted into Nigeria or regulated to Nigerians without the endorsement of fitting specialists.

"Whatever antibody coming into the nation should be completely tried and endorsed by important Nigerian specialists,'' he said.

He said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as the organization answerable for confirming prescriptions for use in Nigeria and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), liable for the organization of immunizations, could never permit such.

Abari further said that the COVID-19 immunizations were the results of thorough exploration by worldwide trustworthy organizations that created large numbers of the antibodies utilized against a few different infections across the world, including Nigeria.

He added that the COVID-19 immunizations had been exposed to standard tests and guaranteed protected by the World Health Organization.

Abari depicted as heartbreaking, the stories being put out by certain pioneers in the nation, charging that the antibodies had ulterior intentions.

He encouraged political, strict and conventional pioneers to be wary of their expressions and be guided by dependable and irrefutable information base as opposed to suspicions to try not to mislead their adherents.

He encouraged Nigerians to make themselves accessible for COVID-19 inoculation at whatever point the antibodies are accessible in the country.

As per him, the antibody will be controlled by the NPHCDA after NAFDAC endorsement, and accordingly, there is no reason for misgiving.