President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other senior officials will receive the COVID-19 vaccination today, Saturday by 11.30 AM.
The Governors would receive theirs on Wednesday.
3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine was rolled out on Friday, with health workers from the National Hospital Abuja, receiving the first dose, in the country.
Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, told reporters after a State House weekly ministerial briefing that the officials would take the vaccine publicly to increase confidence in it and overcome hesitancy.
He said a study revealed that 50 per cent of Nigerians would take the vaccine, adding that priority would be given to frontline health workers, the elderly and the vulnerable.