The Speaker of the Edo State Youth Parliament, Osawemwenhio Uwagboe, has urged residents of the state to support the state efforts of the state government to contain the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, by taking the vaccines.
Addressing journalists in Benin City on Wednesday, Uwagboe said that members of the parliament had taken the vaccines to encourage youths and other residents in the state to go for the vaccines.
Uwagboe who is a member representing Ovia- North East Local Government Consistency at the Edo Youth Parliament, said the parliament through its deliberations would support the state government policy on waste management and vaccination of more residents in the state against COVID-19.
“I urged all Edo youth and the good people of Edo State to go out and get themselves vaccinated because the vaccines are confirmed to be safe and very effective,” he noted.
In her remarks, Deputy Speaker, Edo Youth Parliament, Sunset Syvanus-Peters, said members of the parliament would mobilise more residents across the state to take the COVID-19 vaccines, to save more lives.
She reaffirmed that the parliament would also support the state government sensitisation campaign on waste management in the state.
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