 Some medical personnel, including the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Aki Abayomi, have gathered for a conference to speak on the importance of art in health. Plus, TV Africa's correspondent, Ngozika Ohai-Chesi has more on this report. It is the first inaugural National Art in Health conference in Nigeria and a guardian of medical students, professionals, healthcare institutions and stakeholders to promote art in the well-being of Nigerians. This year's theme is the arts, health and youth, which focuses on advocacy from the local to the national level through education on arts and medicine. Practices and hospitals, healthcare centres and communities. Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Aki Abayomi, speaks on the impact of art on patients and staff. The Lagos State Government is 100% behind artists. We are the plan to totally transform the appearance of our buildings, both in terms of art display and in terms of design. I've just come from a new building that we're going to be commissioning on Saturday. And if you just walk through the building, every wall has beautiful art that is aimed at uplifting the spirits of both patients and staff that work there. Professor Abayomi also speaks on sickle cell disease and the effective way of treating it. We all think that every sickler or every assess patient is going to live a terrible life of pain and suffering and early death. But what we discovered in Jamaica was that actually lots of people who are born with sickle cell never ever manifested with any of the symptoms of sickle cell. We only knew they had sickle cell because we tested them at birth. The Convener Habs and the Vision of Art in the health and its impact on general well-being. Deputy Public Affairs Officer with the U.S. Consulate Jennifer Falls highlights the support that the U.S. has given to the growth of healthcare in Nigeria. Our vision is that in the next 10 years, about 1 million Nigerians would have benefited from the use of art either in the hospital or in the community for their mental health and personal well-being. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria works very closely with our Nigerian partners to improve the health of the population because when people are healthy they can live full lives, they can get education, they can get jobs, they can provide for their families and that all contributes to the growth of Nigeria. The facilitator of the event encouraged government agencies, NGOs, art groups, healthcare professionals and institutions, among others to advocate and advance arts for the collective health of communities in Nigeria. For Plus TV Africa, Gozika or HSE.