BENIN CITY – Stress and frustration have been accounted for as major factors that cause mental breakdown amongst Nigeria students.
This was disclosed by the Executive Director of Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative- Prince Israel Orekha, in a one-day sensitization workshop held in conjunction with Legionnaire for Mankind’s Health, Netherlands, with the theme: Impact of Mental Health on Youth Development. Prince Orekha linked these factors to the way Nigeria schools are being managed, especially in this era of Covid-19 pandemic.
“The psychological wellbeing of students has always been at the forefront of concern over the years in Nigeria. In the last decade, there have been several reports of how students mentally breakdown as a result of the stress and frustration which our school systems have in a way helped foster. These stress and frustration most often result in depression and anxiety which sometimes lead to suicide.
The claim: Image shows a pigeon visiting an elderly hospital patient
A viral image circulating on Facebook purportedly taken by a nurse claims to show a pigeon visiting a hospital patient because the patient s family never came to see him.
The post claims that a pigeon would come visit the patient every two days, sit in his bed for a while and then fly away. We then found out that this patient sits on a bench in a park near the hospital every day and feeds the pigeons there. This once again showed us that animals have a better heart than humans, reads a Jan. 24 Facebook post from the page Like if you love animals. It includes a photo of a man sleeping on a hospital bed, next to an open window, with a pigeon sitting on top of him. The image has over 3,800 shares and 7,000 reactions.