The wife of the Niger State governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello, has decried the increase in cases of cancer in Nigeria even as she gave a panacea for the prevention of breast cancer among women in the country. The governor’s wife who is also a medical doctor said at the Fifth Chukker Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in Minna yesterday that cancer can be prevented with regular check-ups. While saying that breast cancer is common among women in Nigeria, she stated, “The type of cancer experienced in the country of recent is preventable and every woman needs to do regular check -ups to ascertain whether they have breast cancer or not”.

“What we are trying to do is to ensure that every ward in Niger State has at least one family   healthcare centre that will be able to provide 24 hours service for preventive and therapeutic measures”. “We are embarking on a free breast cancer screening across the state. All we need to do is to increase the capacity of the family healthcare workers in the state”. Dr Bello explained that since the cost of cancer treatment is high, women should embrace   preventive measures,