The wife of Kebbi
State Governor, Dr Zainab Bagudu, on Saturday said about 250, 000 Nigerian
women die of cancer annually.
She made this known during a walk to create awareness on cancer
in Abuja with the theme: “Walk Away Cancer’’.
According to her, the walk is to create awareness as well as
to try and save 250,000 women who die from cancer annually.
Bangudu noted that 95 per cent of women who developed cancer
in the developed society had five years of survival, saying that Nigeria had
only five per cent survival rate.
She added that this year’s event was using football as a
tool to mobilise and create awareness, adding that “cancer is a global epidemic
but it is worse in Africa’’.
She, however, stressed the need for every hand to be on deck
to remedy the poor statistics.
Mr Abubakar Bagudu, the governor of Kebbi State, said
creating awareness on cancer would help beat the disease as well as save lives.
According to him, awareness is an important element to
ensuring that everybody, both the rich and poor had the knowledge about cancer.
He added “My wife, who is passionate about humanity took up
the challenge and through Medicaid Foundation, has been organising cancer
events annually.
A cancer survivor, Folake Olabisi, said that early detection
was important to saving lives and therefore stressed the need for women to have
routine checks.
She admonished women with family history of cancer to always
have themselves checked as well as pass on the habit to their children and
future generations.
Mr Kanu Nwankwo, a former Super Eagles player, in his words
advised that the awareness be taken to the rural areas to reach the unreached.
He also appreciated the wife of the Governor for the cause
and pledged his support for the walk against cancer.
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