The Director of Nursing, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dame Francisca Okafor, on Thursday urged Nursing graduates to think less of embarking on the search for greener pasture.
Okafor made the plea during the seventh combined convocation of the School of Psychiatric Nursing, at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro in Abeokuta, which involved 14 sets from 2009/2010 to 2022/2023."Given the prevailing economic hardship which can lead to depression and growing substance abuse, among others, there is no doubt that the mental illness burden is increasing daily in the country.
"Look at the young ones indulging in drug and substance abuse, who will take care of them if you indulge in 'japa'? she said. The Director however noted that in the event the nurses insisted on leaving the country, they must follow the right channels. Okafor urged the graduating nurses to go all out and demystify mental illness with the excellent training received.
Agboola congratulated the graduating students, just as he urged them to deploy their expertise to make positive difference in giving adequate mental care to the people.
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