The Federal Government aims to complete the construction of six new cancer centers in Nigeria within the next two years.
Ali Pate, Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, made this announcement on Monday during his appearance as a guest on Channels Television’s morning show, Sunrise Daily.
“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 said on the show.
He stated that N37.4 billion has been earmarked for the Federal Ministry of Health to improve access to oncology care across various geopolitical zones, which will be furnished with state-of-the-art medical facilities.
He mentioned that the ministry is approaching each project systematically to fulfill the objectives of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.