Abstract
The world woke up to a global epidemic disease known as coronavirus in December 2019. Coronavirus also known as Covid-19 has taken many lives and disrupted the political economy of states around the world. Unfortunately, people are still dying of the virus to date. Scientists quickly came up with vaccines to halt the deaths and re-ignite the global economy which nose-dived after the epidemic broke out in China. Despite the presence of vaccines, a lot of people are still sceptical about its efficacy and the motive of the vaccination. This study based on Qualitative research was embarked upon to find out about the high rate of scepticism about the vaccines by people of Edo South Senatorial District, Nigeria. Using thematic analysis; the findings revealed that mistrust of government, social media, vaccine mandate, religion and other multi-faceted factors are responsible for the scepticism. The majority of the residents are against vaccine mandates, they believe they should be given the free will and liberty to opt for or decline vaccination. Hence, it is suggested that the Government, NGOs and Christian leaders need to carry out more enlightenment with empirical facts and introduce incentives to convince the unvaccinated to join the vaccinated queue.
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