From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano
Fight Cancer Initiative, Africa (FCIA) has commended Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for establishing a World Class Cancer centre and other efforts to combat the disease.
The Group in a Press Release to mark the World Cancer Day, said it was encouraged by the unrelenting efforts of Ganduje in the fight against Cancer through state policy engagement.
FCIA particularly hailed Ganduje for the establishment of World Class Cancer Centre in Kano.
The AUTHORITY reports that the foundation for the establishment of multi-billion Naira Centre, fashioned after McCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, was recently laid by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, during a one-day working visit to the state.
The Release christened, “African Effort Against Cancer,,” and signed by the West African Coordinator of the Initiative, Mr. Mahatma Kumasi, noted that, “as a matter of fact and originality, Kano state is doing well in curbing the menace, particularly with the Cancer Centre that is under construction. which is a world class.”
It further stated that, “while the Ganduje administration is doing everything possible to establish a state-of-the-art Cancer Centre, all the process being followed to come up with the Centre are aiming at an effective and efficient facility.”
FCIA appreciated the High-Tech Radiation Oncology Treatment and Software Maker, Imaging and Emergency equipments, laboratory equipment, hospital and office facilities, made for the Centre, describing them as befitting.
“Kano Cancer Centre will have the machine and other latest machines used in the treatment of the Cancer disease. Kano is doing very well in this critical area,” the Release added.
According to the Release, the alarming rate of Cancer prevalence in the country which stands at 250,000 new cases annually and more than 80,000 deaths annually from Cancer, are scary, “what Governor Ganduje is doing in Kano will go a long way in curbing the menace. This is commendable and encouraging. For the state and the country in generally.
“No fewer than 281,308 people lost their lives to the Cancer disease in Nigeria in the last 4 years. While 464,000 cases have also been recorded in the country between 2016 to 2019. While International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in the 2019 report reveals that 70,327 deaths were recorded in the country, in 2018 alone, from Cancer.
“Kano’s effort, through the new Cancer Centre, that is being put in place by Ganduje administration, would make great impact in reducing the devastating effect of the menace.
“If Kano would be copied by other states of the federation, Cancer would be tamed seriously in the Nigeria and in other neighbouring countries.”
