The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination, going by revelations from a top government official on Tuesday.
The hint was given by Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, at a press briefing in Abuja.
This case as a court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, stopped the Edo State government from denying people who have not been vaccinated against the pandemic from gaining access to public places from the middle of September.
He said the government could “apply the basic rule of law” against such people because they will be endangering the lives of other people.
According to him, “he Presidential Steering Committee and the Federal Ministry of Health is exploring ways of making vaccines more available to all Nigerians including federal civil servants and corporate entities.
“Once these vaccines are made equitably available to all Nigerians, then we would need to have a frank discussion about justice, fairness, and liberty that exist around vaccine hesitancy.
“If some individuals refuse to take the vaccine, hence endangering those who have or those who could not due to medical exemptions, then we have to apply the basic rule of law which stipulates that your human right stops where mine begins.
“So, you have a right to refuse vaccines, but you do not have the right to endanger the health of others.”