Hajiya Nana Shettima,
presented cancer kits at a one-day cancer awareness and enlightenment campaign
for stakeholders in Maiduguri.
The 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.
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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