President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday got shots of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The president was vaccinated by his personal physician at about 11.51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Prof Osinbajo was also vaccinated by his personal physician Dr. Nicholas Audifferen at about 11.57am.
Health workers at the National Hospital, Abuja were the first set of Nigerians to be vaccinated on Friday.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control had early on Friday cleared the 3.924m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine which arrived Nigeria on Tuesday for usage in the country.
