text: “When you need emotional help, you usually go to your place of comfort like your imam or pastor. But such issues like these are not their area of expertise. They should know to refer these people to where they can actually get help,” Akilu added.
  Availability of treatment in remote areas is also a contributing factor, most especially for those with mental illnesses, being very hard to access healthcare, not to mention the budget allocated towards mental health in Nigeria being minuscule.