A report by The Will has revealed that the skyrocketing cost of living is tipping people over the edge, with many suffering from mental health issues due to economic hardship.
According to the report, strange, weird behaviours and tendencies are rising due to citizens’ long-suffering and inability to afford their basic needs.
Of 200 million plus Nigerians, 22 per cent are chronically depressed, according to the World Health Organisation in January 2022.
That means 40,000,000 plus Nigerians, as at the beginning of last year, were mentally ill.
By October of the same year, that figure stood at 60 million, according to the President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), Taiwo Obindo.
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