BPAN announces free healthcare for boxers

By Daily Sports Nigeria on April 14, 2025

The Boxing Promoters Association Of Nigeria has unveiled a free healthcare package for Nigerian boxers under its welfare program “BPAN-Care” in partnership with the New Ikeja Hospital.

The partnership was formalised in Lagos over the weekend with the signing of MOU, after BPAN executives led by the president, Hon. Omonlei Imadu met officials of the New Ikeja Hospital at the medical facility.

According to the MOU under the BPAN-Cares initiative, the New Ikeja Hospital will offer one free annual health check-up for 100 boxers, covering blood pressure, blood sugar, hepatitis B, as well as HIV. The medical facility will also provide a 15 per cent discount on advance medical test such as; MRI, ECG, and kidney function tests.

The New Ikeja Hospital will exhitbit its products and conduct activations at BPAN’s organised events across the country.

Business Development Manager, New Ikeja Hospital, Hamza Dantata, said the NIH’s commitment to the BPAN-Care initiative would enhance the body’s quest to revolutionise boxing in Nigeria as athletes now guaranteed adequate medical care before, during and after boxing fights.

“This partnership is very important to us as an organisation because it involves touching the lives of young people, the Boxing Promoters Association of Nigeria has demonstrated a high level of professionalism and integrity in its operations and we believe that this collaboration will further enhance the development of boxing in Nigeria, especially in the area of healthcare,” Dantata said

An elated Imadu said the free and subsidised healthcare package is one of the numerous welfare programs under the “BPAN-Care” initiative.

“This is what BPAN is truly about, creating an all encompassing structure for the boxers, we would continue to prioritize the needs and interests of the athletes in our operations.

“Our partnership with (NIH) further reaffirms our shared vision of providing adequate healthcare and medical support for Nigerian boxers,” Imadu said.

Other BPAN executives present at the event includes international vice president Saleh Fawaz, chairman BPAN-Care Patrick Ekujumi, and secretary-general Yusuf Olowolekomoh. Others are regional president Ezekiel Oshinmi and ex-officio Onyeka Elum.

 

 

 

Source Punch Ng

Posted April 14, 2025


 

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