Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in the state.
The vaccine was administered to him by his personal physician, Dr Fakhraddeen Muhammad, in the presence of some members of the State Executive Council, representatives of the Kano Emirate, and some frontline health workers.
Governor Ganduje registered officially for the vaccine before his personal physician administered it to him.
He called on the residents of the state to cooperate with health officials in the course of exercise.
The governor gave an assurance that the state government would not relent in making sure that COVID-19 was adequately tamed in the state.
The vaccination of the governor, which marks the beginning of the exercise in the state, comes two days after he held a series of sensitisation meetings with different sections of stakeholders, including the security agencies and healthcare professionals.
