Naija! Wetin dey happen for Makoko no be small matter o! Demolition don scatter people house, and now psychiatrists dey yarn serious gist about wetin fit happen to mental health as e be say dem don dey force families comot from their homes.
Psychiatrists don talk say as dis demolition dey go on, e fit turn to serious wahala for many people wey dem displace. Imagine say you lose your house, na so depression go dey wait for you, and even worse, some people fit start to get suicidal thoughts! Chai! Na real emergency be dis!
For Makoko, everybody know say na Africa largest floating slum, and since dem start to dey demolish, people dey suffer. Families dey waka with their children, dey live inside canoe while dem dey try to get new place to stay. As if dis no be enough, nursing mothers wey dey take care of young pikin dem dey struggle to even carry them go take important vaccines. Dis palava don scatter everything!
News wey reach us from PUNCH Healthwise show say even pregnant women wey dey among the displaced people dey face serious gbege. Dem dey sleep for canoe, dey battle hunger, and some of them dey even get health challenges wey fit affect their babies. Wetin dey happen for inside Lagos no just dey make sense at all!
Peh! On January 28, 2026, police don follow residents wey protest about dis demolition. Dem don arrest plenty people and dem no wan hear word at all. Human rights groups don talk say dis matter no dey okay, and citizens wey don suffer enough already no fit continue to dey take am like dis. Lagos State Government dey say dem inform residents before dem demolish, but we go ask: how dem take inform dem? Who no go vex after dem don scatter your house?
Dr. Sunday Amosu, wey be one important psychiatrist, talk say the demolition dey cause much more than just physical pain. E dey affect people mind too! Dem dey feel acute stress, and if e continue like dis, na serious depression go bad! Dem don feel stranded!
According to am, losing your house no be just about losing building; e dey mean say you dey lose your belonging, identity, and support system. Imagine find yourself as person wey don dey beg people for help because you no fit provide for yourself again. E go dey hard for person wey don they live better life to suddenly turn to person wey dey rely on others. Na for there wey plenty bad thoughts go begin enter their head.
Dr. Aladejare, another psychiatrist guy, don talk say the pressure no just dey touch individual but the whole community dey jaga-jaga too! People wey don stay together for years don suddenly lose their sense of togetherness because of dis demolition. As dem dey suffer mentally, e fit lead some to think say na better way to solve their problem if dem take their own life. Na serious matter!
For all the people wey don lose their homes, psychiatrists dey encourage say dem need to reach out to family, friends, and community for help. No be shame at all to ask for support. Make dem find hope because dis no be the end. Life fit still change for better anytime.
Finally, experts dey call on Lagos government to take action quick. Dem dey need to set temporary shelters for people wey don scatter make dem get place to stay, even if na small one, while dem dey find permanent solution. If dem no do am fast, na big disaster wey fit happen for mental health matter, we no fit afford am!
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