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NGO to build N120bn cancer diagnostic centre in South East

 

. Clinches Champion Newspapers’ 2024 Most Outstanding Philanthropic Organisation In Nigeria Award

 

BLESSING TAIWO

 

A non-governmental organisation, De Imperial Philanthropic Family (DIPF) has finalised plans to build an utra modern cancer diagnostic centre in the South Eastern region of Nigeria.

The organisation, which is a group of patriotic and responsible persons from the South East geo-political zone with a mission of developing the region through impressive initiatives and empowerment programme, emerged as Champion Newspapers’ 2024 Most Outstanding Philanthropic Organisation in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, in the personality category, the President of DIPF Group Chief Executive Officer of Saint Buniks Group, High Chief Dr. Nwabunike Darlington has won Champion Newspapers’ 2024 Excellence In Leadership Award.

This made it a double honour at his office in Lekki Lagos over the weekend when the Group Managing Director of Champion Newspapers Limited, Dr. Mrs. Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, presented the two award letters to him.

She said the “annual award, a product of the painstaking selection of our board of editors is our modest way of recognising organisations and leaders in both public and private sectors who have made greater sacrifice in ensuring that the fundamental objectives and ideals of our nationhood are sustained as well as promoting humanitarian services”.

She commended the esteemed leader and organisation for their philanthropic works and interest in investing massively in students’ education.

In his remarks, High Chief Darlington appreciated the recognition from Champion Newspapers saying that it is a call to do more for humanity.

“From my growing up days, Champion has been one of the prime, most successful and widely read newspaper. It is really getting better. Getting this recognition from your organisation is a task to do more,” he said.

Speaking on the notable achievements and aspirations of the De Imperial Philanthropic Family, the president said the organisation is offering full scholarship to students in the South East with a target of 10,000 beneficiaries in four years.

He added that in the first half of 2025, the group will commence the construction of a sound cancer diagnostic centre in the South East, aimed at rendering medical services at a subsidised cost.

His words, “the Igbo community presumes that we have been marginalised but I tell people that we’ve not been marginalised but we marginalised ourselves. We have men who have capacity that abandoned their people there in the South East and have gone out there to do things that are very loud and meaningful which doesn’t have immediate impact on the lives of those who are in need.

“We formed De Imperial Philanthropic Family with the sole idea of helping humanity. We touch lives in different areas but the most pronounced is our scholarship scheme.

“Presently, we have about 750 students and the target is 10,000 students in four years. It is not a scholarship scheme whereby you send the children to school, give them some money and after secondary school, you let them be. The scholarship is till university level. It is a high budget programme. If we are able to execute schemes like this in the society, crime rate in the South East will reduce.

“We also have the widows’ programme whereby we have about 2000 of them on our payroll. This and more are the things we are doing to better the lives of the downtrodden in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. Yet, there is a need to do more.

“In our last annual general meeting last year, we passed a resolution to build the biggest cancer diagnostic centre in the South East. It is a project of about N120 billion.

“We are in touch with the South Eastern governors to get the best place to site it for the benefit of those in the South East. There is currently no good cancer diagnostic centre in the South East.

“The few centres we have in Nigeria are very expensive and not many people will be able to afford it. If we have it as a philanthropic organisation, we will subsidise cost as we are not looking out for profit but how to help humanity overcome the challenges ravaging the society. Before the first half of the year, we should have laid the foundation of the project.

“This year, we have also begun another project— building of one school block in each of the local government areas of the five South Eastern states of Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. The rural communities and dilapidated schools are the target. We are commencing with 20 blocks of classrooms at once.”

 

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