President Buhari
TVC E (ABUJA) – President Muhammadu Buhari is now the Grand Patron of the Committee Empowering Corporate Philanthropy in Nigeria.
The President gave his nod while receiving the group led by Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said that the Federal Ministry of Health will work in close concert with the committee.
The committee has “Big War Against Cancer” as its focal point for 2016.
Dr. Kolade told President Buhari that the committee was out to promote philanthropy nationwide, and to encourage organizations and individuals to use their resources to help others.
He added that the war against cancer can be won, if both the government and the private sector support the acquisition of mobile cancer centres, which could be deployed in all states of the federation, and Abuja.
President Buhari was decorated with the garland of the committee and presented with a plaque of the organization.
