
- NNPC Limited, done its foundation, wants to assistance Nigerians suffering from cataract with escaped surgeries
- The nationalist lipid institution said it is readying to scope retired to astatine slightest 3,000 escaped cataract surgeries crossed Northern Nigeria
- Screenings volition statesman 2 days earlier the surgeries astatine designated hospitals successful states including Kaduna, Jigawa, and Sokoto
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Foundation has announced an inaugural to connection escaped cataract extraction surgeries to Nigerians.
The determination is portion of its firm societal work efforts to amended entree to prime healthcare.

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In a connection shared connected X, NNPC, the inaugural volition people susceptible populations successful underserved communities.
In total, NNPC Foundation plans to present 3,000 escaped oculus surgeries crossed the North West, North East, and North Central geopolitical zones.
The surgeries are scheduled to tally from April 30 to May 12, 2025, with pre-surgical screenings starting 2 days earlier each phase.
The Foundation has called connected Nigerians with cataract-related imaginativeness challenges to get screened and payment from the initiative, emphasising the value of aboriginal intervention.
NNPC Foundation stated:
"Blindness tin beryllium avoided. Don't fto cataracts clasp you back. Reclaim your imaginativeness today. Take vantage of this programme and get screened. Screening starts 2 days earlier the commencement of surgery."
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Locations and dates for NNPC escaped surgeries
A breakdown of the locations for the escaped country programme is arsenic follows:
North West Nigeria:
Kaduna State
- April 30 – May 6: Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria
- April 30 – May 6: Gwamna Awan General Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna South
- May 7 – 12: General Hospital (Dutse), Tudun Wada
Jigawa State
- April 30 – May 6: General Hospital, Dutse
Sokoto State
- April 30 – May 6: General Hospital, Kware
- May 7 – 12: Specialist Hospital, Sokoto
North East Nigeria:
Adamawa State
- April 30 – May 12: Eye Centre, Specialist Hospital, Yola
Bauchi State
- April 30 – May 6: Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Azare
- April 30 – May 6: Ali Kwara General Hospital, Azare
Yobe State
- April 30 – May 6: Specialist Hospital, Damaturu
- May 7 – 12: Specialist Hospitals, Potiskum and Gashua
Gombe State
- April 30 – May 6: Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe
North Central Nigeria:
Niger State
- April 30 – May 6: Eye Centre, General Hospital, Minna
- May 7 – 12: Federal Medical Centre, Bida and Umaru Sanda General Hospital, Bida
Nasarawa State
- April 30 – May 6: Federal University Teaching Hospital (Dalhatu Araf), Lafia
FCT, Abuja
- April 30 – May 6: Kwali General Hospital
Kwara State
- April 30 – May 6: General Hospitals, Lafiagi and Patigi
- May 7 – 12: Cottage Hospitals, Ilesha Baruba and Okuta
NNPC reduces petrol prices, present cheaper than Dangote’s rate
Ealier, Legit.ng reported that NNPC slashed its petrol pump terms to N880 per litre connected Monday, April 21, for its Lagos retail stations.
This caller terms represents a N30 simplification from the erstwhile pump terms of N910 per litre, and present means that NNPC sells petrol cheaper than Dangote's partners successful Lagos.
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