*First Lady (Senator) Oluremi Tinubu, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 2025 World Health Day, urges Nigerians, especially women, to speak up and seek appropriate help whenever they have medical challenges, as the World Health Day is commemorated globally

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First Lady (Senator) Oluremi Tinubu has urged Nigerians, especially women to speak up and seek appropriate help whenever they have medical challenges.

The First Lady stated this while receiving a delegation of the National Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination, led by Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, Honourable Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, in the State House, Abuja, FCT.

She also observed that since no one chooses an ailment for themselves, there is no need to be ashamed to seek for help.

Busola Kukoyi, Senior Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media, in a statement Monday, April 7, 2025, quoted Senator Oluremi Tinubu to have said: 鈥淚 am in support of what you are doing. We are on track, especially with the approach you have adopted, test, screen, vaccinate and treatment鈥�.

鈥淎 healthy nation is a wealthy nation.鈥�

The First Lady equally noted that the fight against cancer could be won, if the patients present early and seek medical intervention.

鈥淭he theme for World Health Day this year, Healthy Beginnings; Hopeful future, I believe is so apt for what we are doing here today.

鈥淚 believe you said most of my work is 70% in health. A healthy nation is wealthy nation. No matter what wealth you have as a nation, if your population or majority of your population is sick, you are just the poorest as far as I am concerned,鈥� Tinubu stated.

The First Lady on behalf of the Renewed Hope Initiative then donated a billion Naira (N1billion) to the National Cancer Fund to fight the scourge of Cervical Cancer in Nigeria.

In his earlier remarks, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Salako had noted with appreciation the effect of the First Lady lending her voice to the introduction of the HPV vaccine into the routine immunisation program of the country.

The Minister said the support had helped the Ministry to immunise 12 million girls between ages 9 – 13 in the first 9 months of its introduction in the country.

Salako also said the Ministry had projected to immunise six million girls this year.

Prof. Issac Adewole, Chairman of the Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination and former Minister for Health, also affirmed that the Nigerian First Lady has demonstrated uncommon political will by supporting and flagging off the introduction of the HPV vaccine into the routine immunisation programme in the country.

Adewole said the 8 by 8 target (immunising 8 million girls every year) would be achieved thereby eliminating Cervical Cancer by 2030 if the First Lady lend her voice and also join in the campaign which would be going through 12 states this year and another 12 states next year.

Dr. Walter Mulombo, Country Representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), however, appealed to the First Lady to lead the campaign.

He noted that every child and woman has a right to live.

The statement as well noted the visit of the Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination to Senator Oluremi Tinubu鈥檚 office coincided with the commemoration of the World Health Day, 2025 with the theme 鈥淗eathy Beginnings; Hopeful Future鈥�.

The visiting team presented Senator Oluremi Tinubu with the WHO souvenirs, Kukoyi stated.

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