The ever-busy Ibadan Golf Club will next week hold the second edition of its two-day kitty in aid of the fight against cancer. Tagged ‘Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament,’ the competition will hold on July 12 and13 with about 200 players from across the country vying for honours in the event, where two cancer survivors will win all expense paid trip to United Arad Emirate (UAE) courtesy of one of the sponsors, Ufit Fly. Speaking ahead of the tournament, Afonja grieved over the loss of over 20 people to the deadly decease, which made her to champion an advocacy on the awareness against cancer. “The golf tournament is to carry out advocacies against the deadly disease called cancer; it is killing people around us irrespective of the ages or background. 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 said.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2019 04:07 UTC