MAIDUGURI—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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