 And the wife of the governor of Keby State, Zainab Bagudu, and the wife of the vice-president Dholakpa Oshimbaju, including others, are raising awareness of breast cancer by walking the streets of Abuja. They were joined by celebrities on a five-kilometre walk as part of an annual event organised by Medicaid Cancer Foundation. Emmanuel Ehigener completes this report. These are high-level dignitaries and celebrities creating awareness on the dangers of cancer and ways of prevention and treatment. The wife of the governor of Keby State, Zainab Bagudu, is the initiator of the program, which she drives through her Medicaid Foundation. Other dignitaries at the event are the wife of Nigeria's vice-president Dholakpa Oshimbaju, medical professionals and celebrities. The five-kilometre walk began as early as 8 in the morning from TOS Benton in Abuja. It was a long walk with music and security personnel on hand. Dr Zainab Bagudu says the essence of the walk is to create awareness on the benefit of early detection and early treatment of cancer. Awareness is a very low-hanging fruit, and the more we do, the more we can change the catastrophic nature of cancer. Because of this poor awareness, the outcome in our country is much poorer than in high-income countries. Pediatric cancer is a cancer that is really relatively curable. 85 to 95 percent of children in the high-income countries get well when they have cancer. But in our country, the prognosis is within the region of 25 to 30 percent, depending on where you are. So this inequity needs to be addressed. The governor was there to give support to the foundation and moral booster to his wife. In KB, we have an indigent fund that was, again, to mobilize money to support the indigent who are affected with cancer, which has led to, at the national level, adoption of a catastrophic cancer fund, which, for the first time in our history, Dr. Mohammad Ubarri and the National Assembly agreed to provide funding where eligible indigent beneficiaries will be assisted. Dignitaries commend the initiative, advising that the awareness is not just limited to women, but men as well. What we're doing is raising awareness not just about breast cancer that can occur in women, but also other cancers like prostate. We want all men above 40 and 45 to check their PSA levels. They should include prostate assessment in their routine medical exams. We want people to go to hospital every year, whether on their birthdays, to check if they are well, so that the doctors would be able to use the results that they've seen year in, year out, to compare and tell them if there are changes that can be addressed. The music icons were also there to entertain guests with popular renditions as the crowd caught us along. The message is clear. Awareness is key as early detection of cancer can save your life.