President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) advanced Cancer treatment centre in Lagos, with a pledge to ensure that facilities for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer are available to many more Nigerians.

At the inauguration ceremony of the state-of-the-art Centre in LUTH, Idi Araba, President Buhari announced that the model will be replicated across the country to bring quality, first-class healthcare services to cancer patients in Nigeria.

‘‘We are aware that up to 40% of funds spent by Nigerians on medical tourism is attributable to patients seeking treatment for cancer. Despite having an increasing number of citizens suffering from cancer, we until now, had only two working radiotherapy machines in the country.

‘‘Working through the NSIA and LUTH we utilized a PPP model that unlocked investment capital to directly address this issue. We will replicate this model across the country to bring quality, first-class healthcare services to as many Nigerians as we can.

‘‘Indeed, over the coming months, under our leadership, the NSIA will commission two Modern Medical Diagnostic Centres to be co-located in the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State and the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State, respectively, bringing additional investment to Nigeria’s healthcare sector,’’ he said.

The President while wishing the management of the hospital good luck in operating the centre, emphasized the need for maintenance of the equipment.

‘‘Our goal today is not simply to celebrate and applaud the culmination of months of hard work to achieve this objective. Neither is it solely to revel in the successful completion of the most modern and best-equipped Cancer treatment centre in West Africa.

‘‘Indeed we are proud, but we recognize that this modest effort to address the gaps in our tertiary healthcare system alone is insufficient to address all the challenges faced by the sector.

‘‘Today, we showcase what feats we can accomplish when we are together, unrelenting in our effort to deliver a common objective.

‘‘No one ever prays to be diagnosed with Cancer, but if they are, what we have made possible here today is the hope that a true chance of survival and good quality of life becomes part of the story of many Nigerian patients with cancer,’’ he said.

The President promised that his administration, which has introduced programmes to alleviate common diseases, including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund targeted at ensuring access to primary healthcare for all Nigerians, will continue to push hard to raise awareness about cancer, educate the people and facilitate early diagnosis.

He noted that this objective was part of his solemn commitment to Nigerians four years ago to improve the quality of health care in the country.

The President, who performed the ceremony after attending the APC presidential campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere, Lagos, said his administration had focused on greater investment in the sector and worked hard to ensure increased access to safe, high-quality healthcare.

‘‘We promised to effect policies that would remove debilitating constraints on the sector and create sustainable structures to strengthen our healthcare institutions.

‘‘Today, we are gathered here to acknowledge the modest but laudable strides we are making in fulfilling that promise. We recognize that progress in the health sector is handicapped by several bottlenecks.

‘‘Accordingly, we have worked and we will continue to work to ensure that systems are introduced to bridge these gaps,’’ he said.

The President told the audience at LUTH that the Federal Government has created an enabling environment for institutions such as the NSIA to help fund high impact projects on time and on budget, thereby delivering immense value for our people.

‘‘In the case of the Cancer Centre, we can measure this value in currency, but we prefer to measure the value in terms of its social impact, the number of lives of Nigerians that will be saved and positively affected as well as the impact of capacity building for our people,’’ he said.

In his remarks at the inauguration ceremony, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NSIA, Mr. Uche Orji said the Centre is expected to raise the bar in the quality and standard of cancer treatment in Nigeria with outcomes that would be consistent with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

‘‘In addition, this Centre will demonstrate the economic potential of healthcare investments in Nigeria and catalyse increased private sector participation,” he said.

Also speaking, Professor Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director, LUTH, noted that the Centre is world-class and no Nigerian cancer patient needs to travel abroad again to receive treatment easily obtainable at home.

‘‘We, therefore, want to assure Your Excellency that we shall give what it takes to run this Centre as a pride to all Nigerians. NSIAs investment is not only safe but will yield ample dividend to encourage other deep pocket investors to open up the health sector as a veritable investors’ haven, ’’ he said.

Also speaking, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole described the Centre as the single largest investment in cancer treatment in the country by any administration since independence.

Prof. Adewole added that the facility can cater for 100 patients daily and provide training for over eighty healthcare professionals, among many others.

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Wailers and Haters..... Is this one also Jonathan's project?

Give it up for the Best President in the history of Nigeria.

Let us do 4 more years TOGETHER Daddy.

We love you so much.........sane Nigerians that is!

kahal29:
Wailers and Haters..... Is this one also Jonathan's project?

Please, help us ask them o!

contigiency:
President buhari is now infrastructure personified. some rogues said he is is an illiterate, even when he is performing far better than our former PhD holder president.

God bless you.
Children of hate and perdition are just so pathetic!

post=75581693:
Give it up for the Best President in the history of Nigeria.

Let us do 4 more years TOGETHER Daddy.

We love you so much.........sane Nigerians that is!

loolu... 4years tenure 3years holiday

Aunty [b][/b] says bros Buhari is killing corruption and I was like 'are people of Borno and Benue corruption?' I'm just afraid this APC led administration is going to be worse than PDP's 16years. Lord, save this country.

We have no money to share for vote but we have projects to show!
Another 4 years of Buhari's regime will go down in history for the better.
Long live Mr. Infrastructure!
Long live the PMB!!
Long live The Federal Republic of Nigeria!

President buhari is now infrastructure personified. some rogues said he is is an illiterate, even when he is performing far better than our former PhD holder president.

post=75581693:
Give it up for the Best President in the history of Nigeria.

Let us do 4 more years TOGETHER Daddy.

We love you so much.........sane Nigerians that is!

You are really sick. Buhari that has only achieved hunger and killings as his pet project. The worst president in Nigerian history.

Aufbauh:
We have no money to share for vote but we have projects to show!
Another 4 years of Buhari's regime will go down in history for the better.
Long live Mr. Infrastructure!
Long live the PMB!!
Long live The Federal Republic of Nigeria!

It is ALWAYS good and refreshing to see people of sane mind here.
Good to know we still have some reasonable people like you around.
God bless you real good bro.
GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

Another vote buying

One wonders why PDP no see this kind of way to buy votes when they were in power. PDP is a useless, backward political party.

The man doesnt know whats going on..looks like a dry stock fish. The man is dementia. Just like cabals used Mugabe for sometime, thats how the Daura cabals are projecting this retarded man to continue...I pity all you black devils that will never see good in your existence.

This is how to run a meaningful campaign

iammo:
This is how to run a meaningful campaign

You can say that again bro.
Baba is doing great UNPRECEDENTED job to move this country forward.
God bless you and God bless our President MUHAMMADU BUHARI.

why would they not choose him to commision cancer treatment center when it seems he is the only one that can survive cancer in nigeria. u guys would nt believe me now bt when u start seeing the lifeless aboki coming to lagos instead of london then u will know. like 4 atiku, share 4 pmb

The international cancer center in Abuja is not functioning. The one along musa yaradua way

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In my opinion, this is a landmark project. Radiotherapy machines are just too few in Nigeria. We need more.
Kudos to the president.

Buhari should made life President.

Buhari killer squad the herdsmen suspended their activities till those fools shouting 4+4 renew his mandate then he would unleash his venom.most Nigerians doesn't learn fast.Don't complain when it starts. Benue,plateau,Taraba massacre seems to have bn forgotten. Zamfara and katsina banditry nko.Youths of Nigeria, open ur eye .

2023 is goal next week this FeBuhari

2 brand new Airport terminals Abuja & PH
2 dry port Kaduna & Warri
3 rail line Abuja, Itakpe - Lokoja, Lagos - Abuja
Abuja runway


All delivered in 3 years !
Nigerians how many of such facilities did PDP delivered in 16 years ?
When they query vote wisely I wonder what they mean. Note completed road PDP normally celebrate is not included here cos the list of completed road is inexhaustible.

When you add paid pension of Biafran soldiers, Nigerians airway, owed outstanding of civil servant salary from previous government, NPower TraderMoni you will understand only eternally cursed people will give PDP a thought.

PDP Abba Moro swindling Corp member in billons n slaughtering them, Allisongate, Dasukigate, Patience Jonathan billion account forfeiture, Fayose dollar in jet misadventure, Jonathan dollar galore to Obas n more are not vote buying but N10,000 to ordinary Nigerian is vote buying to PDP.

I make bold to say may it never be well with each n every PDP member that label TraderMoni vote buying while they ignore the relentless looting of out commonwealth by their principal.

Good stuff.

kahal29:
Wailers and Haters..... Is this one also Jonathan's project?

Guy this building has been hollow and not used for 4years. They just renovated and painted it so that the daft one can commission it

Cancer treatment shojld be kncluded in NHIS coverage to soften the financkal burdens of sufferers.