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On March 2, the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine finally arrived the country courtesy of the UN-led COVAX facility, which donated 3,924,000 doses to Nigeria.

Nigeria commenced its COVID-19 vaccination with frontline health workers in Abuja last Friday.

After President Muhamadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received the vaccine on Saturday at the presidential villa, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) started deployment to states.

Ogun was the first state to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and Dapo Abiodun became the first governor to receive the jab.

Among other governors that have received the vaccine are: Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state; Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano; Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta; Ahmadu Fintiri, Adamawa; Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo; Muhammad Badaru, Jigawa; Gboyega Oyetola, Osun; Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti, and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara.

Below are photos of them taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor

Ganduje, Kano governor

Badaru, Jigawa governor

Oyetola, Osun governor

Akeredolu, Ondo governor

Akeredolu displays his COVID-19 vaccine card

Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti

Okowa, Delta governor

Okowa watches as his wife, Edith, receives the jab

Abiodun, Ogun state governor

Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara

Fintiri, Adamawa governor