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BUA founder, Abdul Rabiu pays for one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, promises 5m more

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Frontline businessman and founder of BUA Group of companies, Abdul Samad Isyaku-Rabiu has paid for one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria through the AFREXIM Vaccine programme in partnership with CACOVID. The doses, expected to be delivered by next week, will be the first to Nigeria since the COVID-19 vaccines became available.

in a statement by O’tega Ogra, Group Head, Corporate Communications of the business conglomerate, the vaccines will be distributed free of charge to vulnerable Nigerians.

Speaking on this development, Isyaku-Rabiu thanked the President of the Afrexim Bank, Dr Benedict Oramah for making the purchase possible and the Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for coordinating the process through the CACOVID private sector partnership.

According to him, “BUA decided to secure these one million vaccines by paying the full amount for the vaccines today because these vaccines became available only last week through AFREXIM.

“We expect the vaccines to be delivered within the next 14 days and hope priority will be given to our frontline workers who have committed their lives to manage the pandemic.

“In addition to this, BUA is committing to purchase five million doses for Nigeria as soon as they become available through this same arrangement.”

This development effectively pushes Africa’s most populous nation to the front of the queue in vaccine procurement.

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