Lions Club takes diabetes awareness to market

Lagos Pacific Lions Club recently organised a free diabetes screening at Alade Market, Ikeja, Lagos, with diabetic patients given free drugs.

The event was to raise awareness on the prevalence, impact and management of diabetes in Nigeria. 

Speaking on behalf of the club’s President, Franca Afe Giwa, said the lecture and free screening were organised to educate the traders about diabetes, prevention or control.

She said: “We held the lecture to enlighten the people on the scourge of diabetes and how to respond to it. In Lions Club, awareness about diabetes is one of the global tasks that the club engages in.”

Giwa explained that diabetes is a medical condition in which the body is not able to use sugar-obtained food known as glucose properly due to inadequate production or dysfunction of the substance (insulin) that regulates sugar levels, resulting in abnormally high sugar levels in the blood. 

The club’s Second Vice President, Arowosaye Shakirat, urged Nigerians to eat healthy, be physically active, control blood sugar, take medication, and quit smoking.

The club members were received by the head of the market, Mr. Jubril Sule, who appreciated the club’s effort and support in providing the traders free diabetes screening and medication.