Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said today that one person dies of Tuberculosis every seven minutes despite it being a preventable and curable disease.

She stated this at a community outreach in Sauka, Abuja to commemorate the 2025 World TB Day themed,” Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver,” with the slogan, “We fit do am.”

World TB Day is commemorated on March 24 annually to raise TB awareness and mobilize efforts, including political commitment to resources and healthcare financing for TB towards elimination.

She said that despite that TB is both preventable and curable, Nigeria remains one of the top eight countries with the highest burden of TB worldwide.

She also disclosed that the Federal Government is committed to eradicating TB, through strategic investments in diagnostics, treatment, and prevention. She thereby urged traditional and religious leaders, legislators, the youth, healthcare workers, private sector organizations, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, and international partners to join forces in order to fight against TB.

As the Global and National Stop TB Champion, she reaffirmed her commitment to tackling TB by advocating for more funding, policy reforms, and resource mobilization to support TB awareness and treatment.

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