Nigeria, June 28 -- Nigeria's First Ladies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand collaboration on cancer treatment, research, and advocacy.

The agreement, signed in Lagos on Friday, formalises a partnership between the First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC), the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), and Roche, a biotech company.

The MoU signed is one of the key outcomes of a two-day meeting, which also marked a leadership transition within FLAC, as Chioma Uzodimma, wife of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, was elected chairperson of the coalition.

Mrs Uzodimma succeeds Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, former First Lady of Kebbi State, who had led FLAC for the past four years.

FLAC is a coalition of curr...