The Ondo State Governor’s wife, Betty Akeredolu, has inaugurated a N200 million crowd funding to support a 45-year-old Kehinde Akingboye, who is battling with advanced breast cancer and for other women with the ailment.
Akeredolu made this disclosure on Thursday while briefing newsmen in Akure.
The governor’s wife said Akingboye, from Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state, had been suffering from the disease for more than seven years and now struggling for a lifeline.
According to her, the crowd funding is to galvanise support and raise money for the support of women with breast cancer.
Akeredolu, who is the founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, said many women were dying in silence because of ignorance and lack of financial support.
She said: “A good number of women are suffering from breast cancer, and should we open our eyes and watch them die needlessly.
“If two million people in this state donate at least N200 each, our women will be bailed out from the clutches of breast cancer.
“We, as a Non Governmental Organisation, there is a limit we can do in terms of funding but we can always render assistance through rigorous sensitisation, awareness and fund raising through individual and corporate donations.”
Akeredolu urged well meaning people to donate generously to the fund and assured that the proceeds would be spent transparently and judiciously.
An account has been opened with the Unity Bank Plc, with Account Name: BRECAN SPECIAL PROJECT and Account Number: 0029754924, to which anyone can donate from any part of the world.
A consultant, Dr. Aba Katung of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, who said cancer should not be seen as a death sentence, advised patients to make themselves available for treatment early enough.
Katung noted that the early detection would make the treatment easier and less costly.
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