World Sickle Cell Day: NGO wants FG to subsidise stem cell transplants

From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
The Oladipupo Foundation for Sickle Cell, a non-governmental organisation, has called on the Federal Government to subsidize stem cell transplants in order to make the procedure more accessible and affordable for the people living with sickle cell disorder in Nigeria.
This call was made by the promoter of the foundation, Dotun Oladipupo, at the weekend in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while addressing journalists on the sidelines of an awareness walk to commemorate the 2026 World Sickle Day.
Oladipupo, who is a Mass Communication lecturer at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta and a person living with sickle cell disorder, said though the stem c...