Kwara’s N2.5bn Cancer Centre Ready In 12 Months – BUA

BUA Group has hinted that the Kwara state cancer center will be ready in 12 months.

Gatekeepers News reports that Construction of the N2.5bn oncology and diagnostic centre donated to Kwara State Government will begin in August and will be completed in 12 months.

The founder of the ASR Initiative ,Abdul Samad Rabiu announced this during the handover of the building prototype in Ilorin, Kwara State.

He added that the specialist facility would be the best in the West Africa region for the treatment of cancer.

He said the facility would complement the “huge investments” of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in human capital development and the health sector, describing the recently concluded intensive care unit (ICU) facility of the administration as a watershed.

Abdul Samad Rabiu was represented at the event by the Group Executive Director of the BUA Group Alhaji Kabir Rabiu.

“ASR Initiative Africa was initiated with the sum of $100m for each year towards education, health and social development in Africa.

“We have decided to intervene in health care in four states in Nigeria with an investment of N2.5bn in each of the four states.

“The project in Kwara State interests us very well. What will be built in Ilorin, Kwara state, will be a stand-alone Hospital which will be the largest in West Africa.

“This will go a long way in reducing the pains of our people. We have seen the seriousness of this Kwara State Government. We are ready and we will move to the site in August as directed by Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu. The project will be completed within 12 months.” Rabiu said.

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq while responding commended the ASR chief for his huge donations and other supports to the state, including another N1bn to the University of Ilorin.

AbdulRazaq said his administration has been deliberate in revamping the health sector to make the state the go-to place for medical tourism in the north and some southwestern states.