The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Abdullahi says about 20 to 30 per cent of Nigerians suffer from mental illness.
He spoke at the Mental Health Action Committee and Stakeholders’ Workshop in Abuja on Monday where he said with a population of about 200 million, Nigeria had a high rate of mental illness which implies that Nigeria has about 40/ 60 million persons with mental illnesses.