The vice-president (PS) , University of Ilorin, Students' Union, Comrade Imam- Lawal Ummulkhaeri tasks the would-be mothers to seek sufficient and helpful knowledge about the scourge and killer disease; cancer. While speaking at the welcome address of the 1st Breast and Cervical Cancer Campaign of the University of Ilorin held on Tuesday, 17th November, 2015 at the main auditorium, she identify poor funding, inefficient health care system, lack of massive awareness/campaign programme as the factors that encourages the severity of this deadly disease. She further emphasise on early detection as a means prevention.
The event which was planned to commence by 10am did not begin until 1pm due to the late arrival of the guests is the first of it kind to be organise by a tertiary institution in Nigeria and is duely collaborated by Unilorin Students' Union with LEAH foundation, an NGO that specialises in maternal health.
The campaign which was preceded by a press conference and a rally was graced by many dignitaries like the wife of the kwara state governor, and the founder of LEAH foundation, Deaconess Omolewa Ahmed, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, ably represented by the Provost of the College of Health, Unilorin, Prof. W.B.R Johnson, who gave a general overview of cancers and Dr. Femi Olaleye of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, who delivers the lecture of the day titled "Preventing Cervical and Breast Cancer through Screening".
