So, @Fmohnigeria says nearly ⅓ of #Nigerians may have mental illness. To the average #Nigerian, this means we have epidemic of "madness". But this is a measure of both how stressful the country is & how little attention we pay to the things that matter
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#Nigeria's inhumane dysfunctions which contribute to its national epidemic of mental illness are some of the legacies of a ppl unable to recover from the dehumanizing regimentations of prolonged military rule. Worse happens though.... These dysfunctions also cost lives
#Nigeria's dysfunctions do kill- ystrday, 5 graduates of the Law School (4 male & 1 female) preparing to be called to the Bar end of Nov 2018 were killed in a needless & avoidable car crash in Bwari, Abuja. Instead of looking forward to a bright future, they're in the mortuary
The students died while in Abuja for their screening ahead of the call to Bar. There are over 5,000 to be called. All of them are required to travel to Abuja in person & converge on the Law School premises in Bwari. In Bwari, they submit all their documents for clearing....
As you can imagine this means long queues on end. Students sleep on the floor. It takes some ppl up to 3 days to do the clearing. After the clearing, students are issued a certificate of call to bar. That is then taken to the Supreme Court in Three Arms Zone for stamping
The journey from Bwari to 3-Arms-Zone is N2k. The stamp at the Supreme Court costs N50 (fifty Naira only). Thereafter, you take the Stamped Certificate back to Bwari to submit the original certificates and keep the photocopy. That should complete the clearance
So, yesterday, these 5 students took 1 cab in order to share costs of the trip to & from Supreme Court. They completed the procedures at the Supreme Court. On their way back to Bwari, the cab they took was involved in accident. All 5 were killed. Spare a thought for their parents
When you think about it, these young people didn't have to die. The screening for this Call to Bar cld easily have been simplified in a way that did not have to cost all this dehumanising inconvenience or these promising young lives. In any case the screening may have bn needless
This story of these young people who have died in a needless screening process is enough to induce mental illness on its own. It illustrates a country that is not interested in the wellbeing of any of its people, especially its young people. It is tragic beyond words!
