The Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI), an NGO, has called on stakeholders to drive the advocacy for policy on mental health issues.
Mr. Zion Abba, the Founder of the Abuja-based NGO, made the appeal at the opening of a two-day training organised for health correspondents in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training is funded by the European Union (EU).
According to Abba, quite a lot of reports have been made on suicide, mental disorders and whole lots around mental health which has affected a large number of productive sectors of the population.
He identified the media, traditional leaders, religious leaders, teachers, and road transport workers as the stakeholders, saying that their contributions would help change the narrative.
He said that the stakeholders’ narrative in mental issues would help to push the government to action in making a policy that would guide mental issues.
“It is a well known fact that a lot of reports have been…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
