This reporter took a survey of mentally challenged persons in Warri and its neighbouring towns and discovered a total of 46 mad persons roaming the highways
Of this number are 28 men, 18 women, while 25 looked below 30 years of age. While this may not be an exact number of the entire mad populace in these areas, it is a shocking figure.
While some still have the sense to work in order to eat, others go about begging alms or food. However, there are some who steal. They monitor their target and snatch whatever it is that has caught their eyes. The Nation witnessed a scenario at the popularbe the most victims of mental issues.Of this number are 28 men, 18 women, while 25 looked below 30 years of age. While this may not be an exact number of the entire mad populace in these areas, it is a shocking figure.
A young lady, Blessing Okoh , also recounted an encounter with one near PTI Junction. “I was returning from choir rehearsals that evening, about 6:40pm. A longtime resident in Warri, Tony Palmer, explained that the case of loitering madmen has always been baffling because “you will just wake up and see a madman here or there. It is like people come to dump them overnight.
“We don’t have a budget to take care of mad persons. The ministry, as part of its mandates, takes care of the vulnerable persons. And the category of the vulnerable persons includes people who have mental challenges. The cost is enormous; so we cannot just say that maybe every quarter, we mop them up. But sometimes, we see that maybe the menace is getting too much, we just do an ad-hoc arrangement to get them off.
“It is prevalent because you see them on the streets, unlike other climes where such persons are taken to a psychiatric hospital. Apart from the Central Hospital, Warri, I don’t think there is any other institution for them in this environment. Many of them just love these people because they understand their plight, so they can’t push them away. Even if you get there now, you will find that the population is much. The government seems not to be interested. If they are, something is not connecting,” Tietie said.
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