BEVERLY HILLS, April 22, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has revealed that the Federal Government is working on a public enlightenment and advocacy campaign to reach Nigerians with information on how they can protect themselves and avoid contracting the disease.
Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19, the minister warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of products described as COVID-19 vaccines saying 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.
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“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 and radio jingles to further sensitise Nigerians in English, Pidgin English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages and 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.
