The federal government has been told to create the enabling environment for awareness, treatment and support of mental health victims in Nigeria.
president of mandate health empowerment initiative,Zion Abba, made the call at a meeting with beneficiaries of adolescent mental health project in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
one out of every five Nigerian is suffering from sort of mental illness the cause of which are unclear. but common causes are related to drug abuse, depression and other factors if not quickly tackled a time bomb waiting to explode.
to mitigate the gradual increase in number of people with health challenges, government is being called upon to take urgent and proactive steps in finding a solution to the problem.
mandate health empowerment initiative, has in the last 12 months taken advocacyand therapy to about 20 schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
the objective is to take the adolescents mental health sensitisation to all schools in the Territory to help all adolescents and prevent them from being victims
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
