APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged to organise free surgeries for Nigerian citizens under the Nur-Saudi Voluntary Campaign in Nigeria.
The Saudi Ambassador, Mr Faisal Alghamdi, who made the commitment at the Kingdom’s 93rd National Day celebration in Abuja, recalled that the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Al Saud had in 2022 approved the Nur-Saudi Voluntary Campaign in Nigeria.
“The campaign will be executed through King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) and it will be executed in stages.
“The first stage had been executed which targeted combating blindness and its causes, in addition to a large number of open-heart and urology surgeries.
“In this regard, I would like to congratulate the parents of the Nigerian conjoined twins on the successful separation surgery.
“The surgery done will make it the 56th surgery performed by the Kingdom in separating conjoined twins from across the world,” he said.
Speaking on the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador said that the historic bonds between both countries had been firmly growing since 1961.
Alghamdi said that the extant relations would continue to grow under the government of President Bola Tinubu.
“I wish him, his government and the people of Nigeria good luck and success. Furthermore, the mutual visits contribute in developing this bilateral relations at all levels,” local media reports quoted the ambassador as saying.
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Saudi Arabia pledges to conduct free surgeries for indigent Nigerians
