The Federal Government has said an estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, stated this on Monday at the ongoing mental health action committee and stakeholders workshop in Abuja.

Abdullahi blamed the country’s high burden of mental disorders to inadequate attention paid to mental illnesses, misconceptions and lack of awareness on the part of the Nigerian public.

He said more people will be disabled by psychological challenges than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents, and wars combined by the year 2020.

He identified ways of addressing the country’s mental health burden to include: fast-tracking the enactment of the Mental Health Act as well as the resuscitation of the national mental health action committee for the coordination of stakeholders’ activities on mental health and psychosocial supports in the country.

He said: “In Nigeria, an estimated 20%–30% of our populations are believed to suffer from mental disorders. This is a very significant number considering Nigeria has an estimated population of over 200 million.

“Unfortunately, the attention given to mental health disorders in Nigeria is inadequate. The level of awareness of the Nigerian public on mental health issues is also understandably poor and with lots of misconceptions.

“By 2020, it is estimated that common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse-related disorders, will disable more people than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents, and wars combined! This is an astonishing statistic and possesses serious questions as to why mental health disorders are not given the needed attention that it currently receives.

“A policy for mental health services delivery was developed with several key provisions of the policy, including establishing a body at the Federal Ministry of Health to focus on Mental Health issues.

“Some of the pertinent issues is how to address and dialogue with stakeholders on the burden of mental health, intimate them on the Mental Health policy, identify ways to fast-track the enactment of the Mental Health Act and modalities for resuscitating the National mental health action committee for coordinating the activities of various stakeholders on mental health and Psychosocial supports in Nigeria.”

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Including buhari, Yusuf, Aisha ,Zarah ,minus that one wey b lawyer. Na my crush b dat

No wonder they don't have sense

No wonder uncle lai dey behave like that

It is Buhari and his cabinet that have mental disorder

chaiii, we are seriously finished in this country, President saying its Citizens are Lazy,his Minister saying that his Dynasty and generations have Mental disorder.
who do Nigeria dis Thing

Now who says Nigeria is a zoo full of crazy animals.
Being ruled my a bloody cow. I spit on this nation

Buhari sef

I agree, majority of them dress properly. If you think I am lying visit any Brt bustop in Lagos to comfirm.

Lol mental illness is growing around the world rapidly not just Nigeria

FFK comes to mind

30 million are staying in Lagos, 200 in Aso Rock... while the remaining are zombies in Nairalabd

When our healthcare facilities are so deplorable that even the mentally challenged patients will have nothing to do with them while the elites/leaders & all related to them are on a lifetime medical tourism overseas @ the expense of the government and the downtrodden masses.

Nigeria's health sector is simply sitting on a keg of gunpowder given the % of the affected population which will eventually passed the sequelae of their disturbance on the largely poor socioeconomic strata population.

How will they not? Even that number is very very low. The right figure is 80m that lives in abject poverty.

How will they not suffer when the thought about the next meal, school fee, occupies over 18 of the 24hours of the day. Nigerians are driven mad by the burden of the present, the regrets of their action in 2015 and the fear of repeating the same mistake in 2019.

This is quite a huge number.......but if you pay close attention to how people behave in Nigeria the result could be even more than that

I completely want to believe this story judging by the number of mad people that thinks a Jubrin from Sudan lives in Aso Rock

A nation loosing 11million jobs in 3 years sure calls for mental disorder..

How did they arrive at this figure? It is said that everybody exhibits certain degree of madness which one are they refering to. Judging from their conclusion it means that 1 out every 3 persons in Nigeria is mad.

Nwamaikpe, no vex make I borrow your icon.
why did you say 40 million sir? why not 140 million? This Buhari govt is a trauma in itself. it is s miracle to survive this cruel ApC govt. from Mental disorder, I pray we don't enter coma or life support like our economy

Calm down guys.
The other 80-70% are politicians.

How wouldn't people suffer from mental disorder, is the disorderliness in the country not enough to increase that.

Na just God dy help us!

Meanwhile.

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Poverty

I totally agree

Who b dis again?

Starting from Lie Moh'd and other politicians.
Skorskor de their heads.

na una papa dey kolo mental