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Poorer nations must help themselves in the face of vaccine inequality

Ujah has called on poor African countries like Nigeria to look inward in the face of the global vaccine inequalities between rich Western countries and poor Third world countries.
It would be recalled that the US only recently rejected a WHO proposal to halt its planned booster dose for its citizen until poorer nations are substantially vaccinated.
Speaking on the subject professor Ujah noted that the proposal by the WHO was laudable as it was designed to curb vaccine inequality and protect poorer nations from richer nations who are hoarding vaccines. “some Western nations now have the capacity to vaccinate their citizens three times over while others don’t even have a single dose, however poor nations should find a way to help themselves rather than waiting for freebies from developed nations”.
Reacting to the recent donation of 4million doses of Moderna vaccines to Nigeria by the US instead of the promised 100 million doses, he stated that the US do not owe Nigeria any obligation.
“They don’t owe us anything, they are a country and we are a country so they are not owing Nigeria anything.
The reason is that by now we should not be talking about US giving us vaccine we should be working with other like minded nations to developing capacity to produce our own vaccines, why don’t we invest in research, in trials, in vaccine productions.
We keep on saying US will give us, why should they, actually If I were president of the US I will not give. It is better to give someone hook to fish than to be given the fish. Therefore my own view about this is that we should not be waiting for handouts, it means we can’t develop, we should be able to take the hook, we start small and then we grow. You know Rome was not built in a day, but we are not doing anything but just stay and be waiting for America.
Giving insights on the outbreak of the third wave of Covid-19 with the presence of the Delta variant in Nigeria, Professor Ujah advised the government of Nigeria to be more stringent especially at ports of entries and the application of non pharmacuetical intervention in checking the spread of the disease.
“The issue of third wave we must be prepared for everything because we don’t even know the epidemiological characteristics of COVID. Now what Nigeria did and I hope it is properly implemented is the banning of air flight from Turkey, Brazil and India because those are the areas we should watch out for, the ports. They must ensure they check everybody that comes in because the commitment of Nigerians does not measure to the Government policy. Everybody must comply to the policy either big man or small man, if they don’t comply they should be detained. That’s the one way to curtail the spread of the disease. When Covid-19 started they ask the borders to be closed to limit the number of people coming in. That policy wasn’t handled well and now you know what happened”.
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Opposition no longer safe with recruitment of Osun PDP members into Amotekun – APM

The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Osun State has raised concerns over the alleged recruitment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the state’s Amotekun Corps, claiming it threatens the safety of opposition members.
In a statement issued on Friday, APM Chairman, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, criticized the recruitment process, alleging that non-PDP applicants were deliberately screened out. He warned that Amotekun, originally created to enhance security, was being turned into a political tool.
“We are disturbed by the protest by well-meaning Osun residents who applied but were deliberately excluded because they are not PDP members,” Adebayo stated.
He further alleged that over 1,000 PDP members had been recruited into the corps, describing it as an attempt to silence opposition voices. According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a formality to cover up a pre-arranged selection process favoring ruling party members.
APM has called for the resignation of the Corps Commandant and Field Commandant of Amotekun, demanding an apology to the affected applicants and the people of the state. The party insisted that the security outfit must remain apolitical to maintain public trust.
Neither the Osun State Government nor the leadership of Amotekun has responded to the allegations as of the time of this report.
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