 Following the rising cases of cancer patients in Nigeria, the federal government has been tasked to declare a state of emergency on cancer and drug shortages affecting chances of patients to leave in the country. These were the consensus of key relevant stakeholders at the official unveiling of Hayses Haven Foundation to provide care, psychological support and zero tolerance to cancer diseases in society. Cancer data in Nigeria leads to over 72,000 deaths per annum, with male recording 30,924 deaths, female 40,647 deaths. The special advisor to the vice president on political matters, Dr. Hakim Baba Ahmed, said early detection, education and massive investment for cancer treatment are ways to curb the deaths. Enough education about cancer. No cancer can be treated if it is detected correctly, particularly cancer that afflicts women. Breast cancer breast cancer of the breast. It's easily detectable and easily treated. There are a lot of cancer. All people cannot afford the amount of money you spend putting in there. Government must address them. These three things are important. We need a leadership that has empathy. Cancer is a very serious problem. If you have it, it's actually a health center in this country, if you are poor. Even if you are rich, the government should deploy an emergency response. By the equipment that is used at day, we could just train them on our products and deal with it. We can't just ignore a specific citizen just because he or she has cancer. Because it's very expensive. Health should not be a hindrance to helping people. The former commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development Afzat Baba said teaching hospitals must be upgraded and equipped. He said subsidizing drugs and chemotherapy which are beyond reach of the common man. But the issue that actually I'm advocated is the subsidizing of the drugs. The drugs are quite very expensive. It is beyond the common man's reach. So also look at the chemotherapy. Going through the chemotherapy for about a year or even more is also very expensive. So I think if the government can subsidize the drugs and can also subsidize the regimen of the treatment. So I think we can go along with it. So I want to put on the north-west zone, the 7th levelness, to actually look at cancer as something that needs really intervention. Just the way there was intervention in HIV and AIDS and other diseases. So I think cancer should also be given proper attention. The focus is going to be on the awareness campaign, complementing majors. And for people who are already having the disease, we will discuss on how to become managers. And also giving kind of emotional support to people who are also partnering with cancer, including their families. Because once a person is passing through cancer, it's not only on the person alone, it's involved the entire family. I am calling all the way to do managers to come over to support. We can't allow the government alone to do this. Looking at another region entirely, we don't have a single chemotherapy machine. So there's need for what to do in the society to come over to support. If it means getting the machine, it's the burden of people traveling far away to go and get treatment. Care for those who are going through this. Secondly, care for orphans and widows also in memory of the deceased. So the support might be in the form of drugs. It might be in terms of psychological care amongst everyone. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.