Some students of a school in Borno state have fled from exam halls after they discovered that they were about to receive Covid-19 vaccine.
In a video making rounds, they were seen running on the streets of Borno.
This is coming after the PTF revealed that covid-19 vaccine has recorded a very low participation in the northern part of Nigeria
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However, Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC has advised Muslims in the country to present themselves for COVID-19 vaccination.
In a statement on Saturday, a popular Islamic rights group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), said it was safe.
Nigeria received almost 4 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The vaccination exercise has since begun as doses have been sent to various states of the federation.
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MURIC opined that Nigerians cannot afford to sit on the fence in the face of daunting COVID-19 statistics around the world.
“Nigeria needs the vaccine as much as countries that have suffered high death rates from the pandemic,” MURIC said in a statement signed by its director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.
The group noted that a large number of Nigerians are still very hesitant about taking the vaccine, as well as doubting its efficacy and MURIC said that its message was for the conspiracy theory camp, particularly the Muslim population.
“The consensus of Islamic scholars is that vaccination is halaal (permissible). They cited the hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) where he said ‘Seek medical treatment’.
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“COVID-19 vaccine is designed to give protection to those who take it by making their bodies produce substances known as antibodies whose function is to fight disease.”
MURIC noted that the reason President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo took the jabs on national television was to build confidence in Nigerians.
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