“Through the rollout of these buses I hope to see prostate cancer rates in men decrease across the board, and I urge all men, specifically those aged 45 and over, to go for a free prostate cancer screening on these state-of-the-art buses,” he said.Reacting to the need for the initiative, he disclosed that he almost lost his father to the disease, adding that with growing poverty and unemployment in the country, taking the burden of screening off most men would drastically reduce the disease.
“Prostate cancer in Nigeria is one of the leading cause of cancer death and we want to tackle that,” he said.The launch of the initiative was attended by notable Nigerians, particularly from the health and entertainment sectors, including Dr Alexander Nwuba, Mohamed Hanafy – Technical partner, Efe Warri Boy, Dee One of big brother Naija, Segun Arinze, Ayo Adesanya, Emeka Ossai, Dr. Adejare Olakekan Michael , Dr. Asade Oluwatobi and others.
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