Shettima: Nigeria accounts for 10.5% of Africa’s cancer burden
Shettima spoke on Thursday at the Second African Primary Health Care Forum in Abuja, where he said the government had adopted the Nigerian National Cancer Control Plan 2026–2030 to address the rising incidence of the disease.
The Vice President called on African governments, researchers and development partners to deepen collaboration in cancer prevention and control, stressing that sustained investment in primary healthcare, technology and health financing would be critical to reducing the continent’s disease burden.
He also announced the Federal Government’s target to reduce the country’s cancer burden by 30 per cent by 2030 through a comprehensive national cancer control strategy.
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