Oyenike Oyekan Foundation Cancer Awareness Outreach on "Catch Them Young" Continues

Oyenike Oyekan Foundation Cancer Awareness Outreach on "Catch Them Young" Continues

In continuation of it's Cancer awareness programme, the Oyenike Oyekan foundation outreach tagged "Catch Them Young" today 12th November 2025 birthed at a girls secondary school the Peoples Girls Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Oyenike Oyekan foundation is a non governmental organization with focus on cancer awareness, screening, care and social welfare development which has been creating awareness and sensitization with a view to engender regular screening and early detection to save lives.

At the outreach programme which held at the peoples girls grammar, Molete in Ibadan, Oyo State, the Oyenike Oyekan foundation team led by the managing consultant Nelson Ekujumi and programme coordinator Precious Fasiku were well received by the Vice principal and other senior tutors of the school and the students.

Thereafter, the female students were assembled and lectured on breast cancer, symptoms, causes, risk factors and what needs to be done if any changes or lump is observed on the breast or any other part of the body. According to Nelson Ekujumi, "This advocacy on catch them young on breast cancer, is to debunk old held erroneous myths and beliefs about causes of breast cancer as a spiritual attack rather than a health condition that every woman is a likely victim".

He told the girls that "Every girl or woman has breast tissue which provides grounds that the abnormal growth or function of the breast tissue, is a likely concern for breast cancer which can only be diagnosed by examination". He went further to emphasize that breast cancer can be treated and cured if detected early and urged the girls to go home and pass the message to other members of their family, "So that together, we can save lives through early detection".

In her own contribution, Precious Fasiku admonished the girls to take good care of their body by eating balanced diet, exercising, avoid cigarettes, alcohol, etc and observe changes on their breast which must be reported early to their parents or female teachers as the need be. Miss Fasiku noted that, "Cancer is not a death sentence, early detection is key".

She also admonished the students to take advantage of the lecture by spreading the gospel and become ambassadors of Oyenike Oyekan foundation in the fight against cancer in order to save lives.