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Mental health neglected in Nigeria for long-Marwa

Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, yesterday said mental health had been neglected in Nigeria for a long time.

He said this in Abuja at the launch of a mental health helpline project named ‘The mind wheel project’, organised by the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs and the Sunshine Series Organisation (SSO).

Marwa, represented by Mrs. Precious Oyutu, stressed the need to pay attention to mental health, especially at this period of COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, George Akume, said: “According the World Health Organisation, one in every four Nigerians, comprising about 50 million people, is suffering from one form of mental illness or the other. The pandemic alone has led to an increase in mental health concerns, especially fear, worry, anxiety and depression.”

 

 

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