Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has disclosed that there is no need to vaccinate 20 to 22 million residents of the state against Coronavirus.

Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics.

The governor also said that his administration was engaging some companies in the production of COVID-19 vaccines for residents of the state.

He said: “It is important for me to make this. We don’t have to vaccinate the 20 or 22 million population that we have. The plan is to ensure that there is herd immunity and that typically speaks about 50 to 60 per cent of your population, that is the kind of target that you really meet.

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''We have started a conversation with some of the vaccine manufacturers. Pfizer for example, I have made contact with them, Johnson and Johnson are not out yet, the Moderna has written to us and we have written back to them.”

Commenting on how the government intends to fund the vaccine, Sanwo-Olu said his administration is engaging with the private sector.

He said although the state government has earmarked billions in fighting the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted the amount wouldn’t be enough.