Wife of Borno State governor and Founder, Support
for Women, Orphans and Tsangaya, SWOT, Foundation, Hajiya Nana
Shettima, yesterday, distributed kits for prevention and detection of
cancer at early stages to wives of the 27 local government
caretaker chairmen for onward delivery to targeted beneficiaries
across the state.
Presenting the kits at a one-day cancer awareness and
enlightenment campaign for stakeholders in Maiduguri, Hajiya
Shettima said cancer, which had become deadly, especially among the
women folk in the state, was worrisome, hence the need for
government at all levels to contribute their quota towards its
prevention and eradication from the society.
Guest speaker at the event, Dr. Babagana Usman, of the University
of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, said some women were more
vulnerable to cancer in the state because of deprivation of their
rights by their husbands, who were misled by certain norms and
values of their religion, culture and tradition.
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