Nigerian president: Commitments on COVID vaccines must be fulfilled on time

By Adam Abu-bashal

ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Commitments to supply COVID-19 vaccinations to countries in need should be fulfilled on time, Nigeria’s president stressed in Paris.

Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum Thursday, Muhammadu Buhari stated that the world faces a situation in which some countries give people third vaccine doses while elsewhere millions have yet to get even a single dose, especially in developing countries, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said in a written statement.

Expressing his gratitude for the vaccine donations from some countries to developing nations, he stressed however that commitments on vaccines should be fulfilled on time.

Buhari went on to say that export restrictions that encourage "vaccine hoarding" should also be removed.

Some 30 heads of state and government are taking part in the three-day in-person and online forum, which opened Thursday, and is discussing such issues as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.