News Investigators/ The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), in collaboration with Roche Nigeria, has brought on board the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Makurdi as a subsidised cancer care centre. According to him, the programme is focused on improving cancer treatment across the full continuum of care. “It only makes sense to include them in the network of treatment centres, and with the addition of FMC Makurdi, we now have 24 centres of excellence across the country,” Sar added. “Cancer care is now being integrated, and I am particularly happy that FMC Makurdi has been selected as one of the pilot centres,” he said. The Medical Director (MD) of FMC Makurdi, Dr Joseph Kortor, said that cancer treatment worldwide was extremely expensive and that the number of cancer treatment centres in Nigeria was insufficient considering Nigeria’s population.