President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the Cancer Centre of Excellence at the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, in Ebonyi State.

He also flagged-off a Comprehensive Medical Outreach Initiative and the Skill-up Empowerment for citizens of Southeast under the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The Outreach and Empowerment is powered by the Senior Special Assistance to the President on Community Engagement (Southeast), Chioma Nweze.

The President at the event, charged the university’s management to ensure the enhancement of cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment of Nigerians.

Represented by the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, the president said that the centre will help in ending medical tourism usually embarked by Nigerians.

Umahi commended the hospital’s management for carrying out free dialysis services to the people of Nigeria, and expressed the confidence that the hospital will go a long way in restoring hope and confidence to the Nigerian people.

He also commended President Tinubu for donating a 2000 kilowatts of solar power to the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Unit of the hospital.

According to him, the unit in the university remains the centre in the South-East and urged Nigerians to visit the centre for their healthcare needs.

Mrs Nweze described the flag-off of the cancer centre in Ebonyi State as a critical intervention designed to provide free medical services to the South-East zone, particularly to those who cannot afford healthcare services.