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Obaseki’s statement on Covid-19 vaccine angers youths in Edo State

Last updated: August 30, 2021 2:12 pm
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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki had said that the state government will not allow anybody who has not taken the covid-19 vaccine to worship in Churches, Mosques, or have access to banks, event centres, and other public places, with effect from September 2, 2021.

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The youths who were in their hundreds defiled Monday’s downpour to protest around the Benin metropolis against the Edo Governor’s new stance, which they called, “forceful” Covid-19 vaccination.

They gave the state government seven days’ ultimatum to rescind the decision.

(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)

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