A renowned Nigerian healthy living and well-being coach, Rev. Tony Akinyemi, has appealed to the relevant agencies of the Nigerian government to have a rethink on the country’s policy on COVID vaccination in order to keep Nigeria safe.
In a release directed to the NCDC and shared with Christian Benefits, Rev. Akinyemi, who is also the senior pastor of The Shepherd’s Flock International Church, Ikeja, Lagos, stated that the data from around the world show that COVID vaccines don’t prevent viral transmission.
“This is incontrovertible. The implication is that a COVID vaccinated person can still be infected with the virus and can still spread the virus to others,” the healthy living coach stated.
Rev. Akinyemi therefore urged Nigeria to put in place a policy that the people coming into the country should show a negative COVID test result rather than showing a COVID vaccination certificate.
Read below the details of Rev. Akinyemi’s statement on the certificate of COVID vaccinations 
Hello NCDC,
I read in the news recently that Nigeria now requires travelers coming into the country to show their certificate of COVID vaccination before they can be admitted into the country. This policy is supposedly part of the surveillance machinery to keep Nigeria safe from COVID.
I understand and appreciate the good intentions of the science advisers to government and the policy makers. What is however puzzling to me is WHAT DATA OR SCIENCE WAS THIS POLICY BASED ON?
The data from around the world show that COVID vaccines don’t prevent viral transmission. This is incontrovertible. The implication is that a COVID vaccinated person can still be infected with the virus and can still spread the virus to others.
So, if an individual is coming into Nigeria and he is vaccinated but is a carrier of the virus, he will be admitted into Nigeria as long as he can show his COVID vaccine certificate. He can then go around spreading the virus all over the country.
On the other hand, if an individual is unvaccinated, such a person is not allowed to enter Nigeria even if he has a COVID-19 NEGATIVE test result from a test he conducted in the last 24 hours!
The implication of this current policy is that a vaccinated carrier is allowed to enter, but an unvaccinated non-carrier of the virus is not allowed to enter.
I think that, if we must put a policy in place, what we should demand is that those coming into Nigeria should show a NEGATIVE COVID TEST RESULT rather than a COVID vaccination certificate.
I strongly appeal that the relevant agencies of government should rethink this policy to keep Nigeria safe.
Thank you.
Tony Akinyemi
