…DG bags life time membership award
By Dan-Maryam Zayamu
The President, Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS), Dr. Adamu Alhassan, has disclosed that cancer advocates in Nigeria are excited with the innovations and initiatives being undertaken by the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) in its effort to improve cancer care, research and treatment in the country.
He, however, charged NICRAT to sustain the achievements so far recorded since its establishment one year ago under the leadership of the Director General, Prof. Usman Malami.
The NCS President stated this while decorating the Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami, as life member of NCS in Abuja, on Thursday.
Dr. Alhassan further urged the NICRAT Director General to sustain the innovations, initiatives and strategic plans he has rolled out to improve cancer research, treatment and care in the country.
“Since you become the Director General of NICRAT, you repositioned the role of cancer advocates, the role of researchers and you gave a sense of belonging to cancer patients all over the country.
“You have been part of the Nigeria Cancer Society family for a long while, in fact, let it be on record that you are still part of the executive members of the national officers committee of the NCS and we are not replacing you until when election comes and if you want to contest, you can recontest.
“We truly appreciate you and we pray that you will sustain this giant efforts.
“Cancer advocates all over the country are very elated and excited with the giant strides, innovations and initiatives that you are bringing into cancer care in the country in bringing everybody on board and making sure that everybody is carried along.
“We, therefore, decorate you as a life member of the NCS,” Dr. Alhassan said.
Responding, the Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami, explained that the Institute was established to reposition the fight against cancer in the country, hence, all efforts, according to him, are targeted at achieving the mandate of the Institute.
Prof. Malami applauded the efforts of the NCS and all cancer advocates in the country, stressing that their role in complementing the efforts of the federal government to creating awareness about cancer and the need for early detection was commendable.
While dedicating the award to all staff of NICRAT, Prof. Malami said: “The work of NCS along with other advocates in the country is actually very noted and appreciated by NICRAT and the government and it is part of the commitment of NICRAT to, in whatever program we are going to conduct in the area of cancer prevention in the country, to carry NCS as the lead.”
In a related development, the Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), also presented an award to the Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Malami, for what it described as his exceptional leadership in the fight against cancer since his appointment as the pioneer Director General of the Institute.
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