Nigeria plans annual youth mental-health awareness week
Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth Development said it intends to make the National Adolescent and Youth Mental Health Week an annual event. The minister announced the plan at a press briefing at the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja on 17 October.
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Youth Development Minister Ayodele Olawande said on 17 October that the government plans to make the National Adolescent and Youth Mental Health Week an annual event. He announced the intention at a press briefing at the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja, according to the Federal Ministry of Information.
The ministry said it would encourage adoption across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This was an intention announced at the briefing; the source did not document a formal annual designation, nationwide rollout or new mental-health service provision.
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Nigeria plans annual youth mental-health awareness week
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Minister announces annual-week plan
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This is an intention to institutionalise the week, not a formal annual designation or completed nationwide programme.
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