NEWS Reports (Multiple Sources) – World Cancer Day: Aisha Buhari to attend OCI Foundation’s Anti Cancer Health Campaign (27/01/2022) – OCI Foundation

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VANGUARD: World Cancer Day: Aisha Buhari to attend OCI Foundation’s Anti Cancer Health Campaign (27/01/2022)
THE SUN: Aisha Buhari blames lack of awareness for cancer spread (26/01/2022)
ENCOMIUM: Aisha Buhari blames lack of awareness for cancer spread (26/01/2022)
TV AFRICA 24: World Cancer Day: Aisha Buhari to Attend OCI Foundation’s Anti-Cancer Health Campaign In Abuja Next Week (26/01/2022)

1. VANGUARD: World Cancer Day: Aisha Buhari to attend OCI Foundation’s Anti Cancer Health Campaign (27/01/2022)

As the world marks 2022 International Day of Cancer, First Lady, Aisha Buhari will next week attend the national flag off of the Arm Our Youths (ArOY) anti-cancer health campaign organised by a non-governmental organisation, Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora, OCI Foundation in Abuja.

The campaign which is slated to take place on February 3, 2022 at NAF Conference Centre Abuja is in conjunction with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). It also coincided with the 2022 World Cancer Day.

Speaking with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abuja, the Founder/President OCI Foundation, Associate Professor Chris O. Ifediora said the First Lady had confirmed her presence when she played host to leadership of the Foundation in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ifediora who led to delegation noted that the visit to the First Lady was part of the pre-event engagements with stakeholders to keep them abreast with what the Foundation has lined up for the D-day.

Also visited during the pre-event engagements by the leadership of the Foundation was the Director General of Nigeria Television Authority, NTA Yakubu Mohammed.

Associate Prof. Ifediora will be the Chief Host of the February events on 1st and 3rd cancer sensitization campaign while Mr. Samuel Agwa is the chairman of the Local Organising Committee.

Also, the Director of Gynocular Service, Dr. Famita Anga will be in attendance.

Earlier, Associate Prof. Ifediora expressed gratitude to Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS) for formally including the Gynocular and flag-off of ArOY health programmes on the schedule of activities marking the 2022 cancer day celebration in Nigeria.

He also commended the President NCS, Dr Adamu for his doggedness and commitment in lending support to the OCI Foundation.

Associate Prof Ifediora also applauded the humility of the NCS President, particularly for accepting to be part of the LOC for the OCI Foundation health campaign next week.

Meanwhile Ifediora has enjoined staff and volunteers of the OCI Foundation to endeavour to participate at all NCS and NCS partners’ programmes and activities.

According to World Health Organization, cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. It says the most common in 2020 in terms of new cases of cancer were breast, lung, colon and rectum, prostate, skin (non-melanoma) and stomach cancer.

2. THE SUN: Aisha Buhari blames lack of awareness for cancer spread (26/01/22)

First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari has identified the lack of awareness as a major factor for the high rate of mortality from cancer in Nigeria.

According to a statement by Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the First Lady), Aliyu Abdullahi, she said this while receiving members of the Nigerian Cancer Society on Tuesday.

Mrs. Buhari said this was why her pet project, the Future Assured Programme has remained active in creating awareness, holding screening sessions, and making referrals where necessary.

She reminded the team that World Cancer Day, which will soon hold on the 4th February 2022, would provide a veritable platform to accelerate the fight against cancer. She called on stakeholders to collaborate and intensify efforts in ensuring the proper implementation of the National Cancer Control Plan to reduce the death rate in Nigeria.

Earlier, the President of the Nigerian Cancer Society, Prof Adamu Alhassan Umar reported that cancers have emerged as a leading health problem in Nigeria, lamenting the challenges to effective cancer control as daunting, but promising. He called on the First Lady to lend her weight to cancer control and assume personal leadership of the national cancer control war.

Others at the event include the President of OCI Foundation, Australia, who informed the First Lady that his Foundation was in Nigeria to commission a campaign tagged Arm Our Youth, (ArOY) and requested the First Lady to support the campaign to arm young people with the right information to prevent cancer.

A coalition of cancer survivors, the Network of People Impacted by Cancer in Nigeria (NEPICIN) was also at the event. The champion of the coalition, Gloria Orji, a Cancer survivor noted that cancer patients are stigmatized and yearn for better and affordable cancer care, saying their organization is willing to support any cause that will better the lot of cancer patients in Nigeria.

3. ENCOMIUM: Aisha Buhari blames lack of awareness for cancer spread (26/01/2022)

By: Aliyu Abdullahi, Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity (Office of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria)

First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has identified the lack of awareness as a major factor for the high rate of mortality from cancer in Nigeria. She made the statement while receiving members of the Nigerian Cancer Society on Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at the State House.

Mrs. Buhari said this was why the Future Assured Programme has remained active in creating awareness, holding screening sessions, and making referrals where necessary. She reminded the team that World Cancer Day, which will soon hold on the 4th February 2022, would provide a veritable platform to accelerate the fight against cancer. She called on stakeholders to collaborate and intensify efforts in ensuring the proper implementation of the National Cancer Control Plan to reduce the death rate in Nigeria.