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Nigeria: FG targets five million Nigerians with free spectacles, 25,000 cataract surgeries by 2027

Africa Links 24 with Kazeem Biriowo
Published on 2026-09-02 21:45:00

The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to tackle avoidable blindness in Nigeria, targeting the distribution of at least five million free pairs of spectacles and 25,000 cataract surgeries by the end of 2027 through expanded digital and primary healthcare interventions.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of…

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