This is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes then i gerri ins in change Human Rights Watch says thousands of people with Mental Health illness song locked up and places where theyre being abused. And also coming up on the show the border between nigeria and their share of remains shut but thats not stopping the smuggling. You believe cloned food war. Is putting food love love. Hello im Christine Wonderwall welcome to news africa its good to have you along ban the practice of changing now thats the demand from Human Rights Watch to the Nigerian Government the Organization Says thousands of people with Mental Health conditions across nigeria are chained and locked up in various facilities where they face terrible abuse every year Human Rights Watch visited 28 facilities providing Mental Health care across nigeria it was found that people with actual or perceived Mental Health conditions are placed in religious and traditional rehabilitation senses without their consent and usually by relatives in other cases the families took their children or adult relatives to the centers for drug use or deviant behavior this is skipping School Smoking tobacco or marijuana or even stealing from their parents. And more the return trip of his. They said are worth it which if i pledge to maybe hes going to show would be worth africas told me a lot of people is with me for more on this story hey tony good to see you so in the last few months theyve been instances where a number of fees facilities have come to my people when they chained up their subsequently been closed just how widespread is this problem in nigeria well from what weve seen in the past few weeks where these police raids have exposed these places weve seen them in different parts of the country 1st of all and. Just all of them coming at this same time suggest that there must be many more that have been going on and its an open secret for things something people know about and thats something that for example Rights Groups like Human Rights Watch are exposing like we have in this report. Detained and demeaned people with Mental Health conditions in nigeria shackled and locked up in rehab a lateesha in facilities. To do should not have been chained for 5 months now that hurts when i try to walk on. These spaces are often overcrowded unhygienic theres nowhere else to see the seat or use the toilet. Its not good for a human being its like youre in a prison. Gailani. Many are brought here by their families were police raids on a handful of these institutions have led to the release of hundreds of people if theres nothing seems of physical and Emotional Abuse researchers say it is exposed Public Attitudes towards those with Mental Health conditions as victims of evil spirits to be isolated from society. Train them so that when they move we can hear the sound of the chain moving on the floor. Nigerian president mohammad who bihari has condemned the treatment of inmates in islamic Rehabilitation Centers for Human Rights Watch says the governments own facilities are hardly different it wants better support for those with Mental Health conditions and a ban on chaining. All right tell me so weve weve heard president bush already condemned some of these practices at some of these Detention Centers so to say but there is the sense in that are that there is really no political will to tackle this issue you know this is something that has not been dealt with from the top properly nigeria still uses colonial mental acts so far and britain of course has changed its own over time so. I think 2003 there was a Mental Health bill amongst mental act that was brought into parliament that went on and on and still has not been passed to date so there isnt any up to date kind of legislation relating to these things and protecting victims of such centers so you hinted at this in your report that we just saw popular beliefs play a role in all of this right i mean i guess. On much of the continent it is the case but you would know specifically in the example of nigeria but theres a very religious society whether its the muslims or the christians or people who believe in the traditional religions and so when they see people with Mental Health issues they assume that this is some kind of possession by some evil spirit and they believe that the solution to it is also a kind of spiritual solution so at the same time there are some people who think yes this is a medical condition but the facilities for that are not there so they either go for these kinds of Spiritual Centers like islamic or christian ones and they believe that thats the way in which. You know psychological and mental issues can be dealt with as opposed to treating them as medical conditions and as you say i mean that stigma really exists in a lot of african societies when people we dont understand Mental Illness so people assume that its some kind of position i think some people go as far as believing so you hinted at the lack of medical facilities again this is a problem we see across the continent governments dont necessarily priority. Ties Mental Health facilities and psychiatrists. Its certainly the case do we have any numbers in terms of nigeria just how much mental facilities are there for people with this theres a few there are fewer than 10 in the whole country were talking about a 1000000000 people watching 3000000 people about 300 psychiatrys in the whole country. But again look at health care as a whole health care as a whole is whole so when you bring psych psychiatry which is even at the bottom of the of the health care ladder that shows that things are even far worse so its a major problem that a lot of people with these problems would struggle to have dealt with and its also expensive for the few that are available so that is a major problem and then apart from that kind of high level treatment when it comes to things like counseling for people in the on the low end theres stigma to do with that as well so even for people to admit that they have a problem in the 1st place there is that problem and then when they do want to look for solutions that is not available as well. Tony i mean this is raised i mean and we are waiting of course to see how the Nigerian Government reacts to that of course Human Rights Watch calling on the government to ban the practice of chaining we will of course look for the reaction from the government thats told me a lot of will thank you. Now i think its and then nothing gets out those are the words of a trader whos been suffering off to nigeria closed its borders with been in a share and camera now since august no imports to nigeria no exports from the country is possible violence and our correspondent funny if a child reports from so called a state at the border with struggling with banditry in poverty but will this bring a stop to smuggling and decrease the violence especially in the north. No way forward stuck on the side of the Nigerian Border Police trucks and their drivers cant. Be here in a jury. As you can see the border is closed the Nigerian Government has decided to shut down all of the official checkpoints to stop Illicit Trade and also to increase security here in this country. And that means no import or export of goods with nigerias neighbors its taking its toll on the traders who used to sell the fruits and sugarcane on both sides of the border and then the longer the border is closed the more we lose the chance to make money. Even so these goods and their fallen herders made it across into nigeria simply by using illegal routes the same goes for some water vendors who are traditionally from newsier like this man. There are illegal ways to go by motorcycle but the smuggling free has doubled since the border was closed for some the shutting of the border is a welcome move many nigerian farmers have stopped working the land near the border because of banditry the area has seen a wave of attacks by armed criminal gangs villages and steal livestock those who still farm here hope that the Border Closure will bring much needed security. When are we when we are scared to cultivate talent and the situation is getting worse the bandits come by motorcycle at night and start shooting people and they kidnap people. More to. Bring him chose to stay to feed his children the Border Closure may reduce the smuggling of some weapons he tells me but the problem is essentially made in nigeria. The real solution is employment and the security people have to work they wouldnt commit criminal acts like banditry at that because of the indiscriminate attacks crops arent being harvested. Is a sociologist he believes that closing the border wont do much to stop the rampant smuggling even if we are to bring the world of germany you will be very very very big you build a food war smuggler is building 13 food. He says the Nigerian Government needs to do more to protect lives and property in the northern rural areas nobody is being accountable as to what to do. Left on their own. The Nigerian Government has announced it will keep the borders shot at least until january 2020 to stop smuggling in cheaper rice and other agricultural goods in the hope of boosting Domestic Production it didnt say how it wants to tackle the violence along the border and to help farmers like ibrahim whos communities are plagued by the armed attacks. 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