Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are disease conditions of the heart and blood vessels. They are often accompanied by life threatening complications resulting into heart attack, heart failure, stroke and other conditions. Global statistics have revealed cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) as the leading cause of death globally. WHO estimated 17.9 million people died from CVDs in 2019, representing 32% of all global deaths. 1 Although the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is slowly declining in high-income countries, it is, however, on the rise in low-income and middle-income countries with over three quarters of CVD global deaths taking place in low and middle-income countries. 1,2 In Nigeria, WHO revealed in 2016 that an estimated 29% of total deaths in the country were as a result of non-communicable diseases, with 11% attributed to CVDs. 3 Factors responsible for cardiovascular diseases have been classified into modifiable risk factors and non-modifiable risk factors. The most important of the modifiable risk factors are the behavioural which include sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, smoking, excessive use of alcohol and air pollution. 4 Other modifiable risk factors include high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol and high blood sugar. 5