Vet. Medicine Wins Cancer Awareness Interfaculty Quiz, as DHF Rounds Up Anniversary Celebrations

Thursday, 8th of August marked the end of the 3-day celebration of the fifth-year anniversary of the Dove-Haven Foundation. The event featured final rounds of the “What Do You Know about Cancer?” Quiz, keynote lecture about Cancer, and awarding of top performing participants in the Quiz. 

In continuation of the preliminary stage of the Quiz competition, the last 8 teams battled for a spot in the final round which resulted in the Faculties of Economics, Law, Basic Medical Sciences and Technology being knocked out of the competition, and the Faculties of Renewable and Natural Resources (RNR), Vet. Medicine, Agriculture and Environmental Designs and Management participating in the finals. Eventually, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine won the competition with a Prize of ₦50,000, with the Renewable and Natural Resources, and Agriculture coming first and second runner-ups with a prize of ₦30,000 and ₦20,000, respectively. Additionally, all other participants walked away with a sum of ₦5,000. 

The Keynote Lecture was delivered by Dr. Foluke Sarimiye, a Consultant Radiation and Clinical Oncologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. She gave the background of the Disease in focus; Cancer, it’s prevalence in our region, Nigeria; factors hindering effectively combating it; and recommendations moving forward. 

The event came to an end with an address from Dr. Ekundayo Isaac, the Executive Director, where he announced that DHF will be extending her branch to Ibadan, Oyo State. Pastor Olusegun Alabi also gave a goodwill message, and finally Mrs. Adeola, wife of the Executive Director, giving a vote of thanks. 

Speaking with UIMSA Press, Dr. Isaac Ekundayo said; “I am really happy for the success of the event, and thank you so much for coming around, that shows what we are doing is of community interest. We’ll need everybody to come together against this disease, because one person suffering from this disease is equivalent to the whole family affected, so it is more of a community disease. Hence the birth of this Non-governmental organization, where we support people with the disease, and also tackle its prevalence by prevention. This is really huge, and I want to thank the students that came out to grace our events, showing we have individuals who are ready to support our fight against cancer. Thank you.”

Sidiq Moshood