tournament.
In a bid to keep enlightening golfers against the deadly disease called cancer, all is set by the organisers of the annual golf event tagged: Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament scheduled between November 25 and 26, 2022 at the Ibadan Golf Club (IGC).
The unique golf tourney was conceptualised by a concerned golfer and former Lady Captain of IGC, Mrs. Lizzy Afonja who claimed to have lost
scores of loved ones to cancer, but believed enough awareness about
the cancer, using golf could reduce the scourge.
While speaking ahead of the ournament with newsmen in Ibadan, Mrs.Afonja, the initiator of the tourney said most people lack enough knowledge about the dreaded decease which responsible for the rise in volume of the victims.
“We are using this golf tournament to carry out advocacy against the deadly disease called cancer; it is killing people around us irrespective of age or background. The campaign is to enlighten people how to tackle it, if the symptoms are noticed early in the body.
“Cancer can happen in any part of your body, it’s very painful to me because I have lost many loved ones to cancer, for the past 24 years I have lost over 20 friends, and that was why I came up with this idea to use golf to advocate for cancer awareness whereby doctors will come around and enlighten us about scourge,” Afonja noted.
The respected Lady gofer who has once managed the lady section of the Ibadan Golf Club added that golfers will have a touch of the lush-green course of the IGC, while medical practitioners will also hold a health talk to enlighten the participants about the precautionary measures against cancer on the 25th, the first day of the tournament and the following day, Saturday 26th will be for the competition and closing ceremony.
