Osogbo will host hundreds of Osun residents on Saturday as a free health outreach on cancer awareness, nutrition, and preventive healthcare takes centre stage.
The outreach is being put together by Fowa Naturals, a Lagos-based health and wellness company, according to its Public Relations and Media Representative, Samuel Babawale.
Babawale said the initiative is targeted at helping residents, especially young people, to understand how healthy diets, early detection and preventive care can reduce the risk of cancer and other illnesses.
The event, themed “Nourish to Flourish: Healthy Diets, Essential Nutrients and Cancer Awareness,” is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Adebimpe Event Centre, New Ikirun Road, beside the NYSC Secretariat and close to Osogbo City Stadium. It starts at 10:00 a.m.
Participants will engage medical doctors and nutrition experts on cancer, diet and healthy living, and get answers to questions on prevention and early signs to watch out for.
Two leading experts will lead the sessions: Dr Sharif Adeniyi Folorunso, Consultant Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, and Professor R. A. Sanusi, Head of the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun.
Pharmacist Dr. Muteehat Olubukola Olu-lawal, Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Osun State Hospitals Management Board, will attend as Special Guest of Honour.
The occasion will be chaired by Professor Ahmad Adekilekun Tijani, Professor of Anatomy at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, while Dr. Opeyemi Abdullahi, Chief Medical Director of Shifau Rahman Integrative Hospital, Osogbo and Lagos, will be the Chief Host.
Beyond the one-day awareness programme, indigent residents will also have access to free medical surgeries on November 21 and 22, 2026, at Shifau Rahman Integrative Hospital, Kasmo Area, Osogbo, and its Iyana Ipaja facility in Lagos.
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