ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to complete the construction of an ongoing six new cancer centres in Nigeria in the next two years.
This was made known by the Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ali Pate, on Monday when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.
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Pate said, “Well, I think within 18 to 24 months, the facilities would have been completed, equipment on the ground, people trained, and the maintenance agreement in place because the bunkers have to be built. They (patients) cannot sit on the ground.“
He added that, N37.4 billion has been allocated to the Federal Ministry of Health to enhance access to oncology care in different geo-political zones which will be equipped with modern medical infrastructure.
Pate also informed that the ministry is taking each project one at a time to deliver the mandate of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.