{"id":17616,"date":"2025-10-10T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=17616"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:23:57","slug":"senator-oluremi-tinubu-advocates-greater-access-to-mental-health-support-on-world-mental-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/senator-oluremi-tinubu-advocates-greater-access-to-mental-health-support-on-world-mental-health-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Oluremi Tinubu Advocates Greater Access to Mental Health Support on World Mental Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, has called for stronger advocacy and improved access to mental health services, especially during crises and emergencies, as the world commemorates <\/span><span class=\"s1\">World Mental Health Day 2025<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In her message marking the global observance themed <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201cAccess to Services \u2013 Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Senator Tinubu emphasized the need for compassion, connection, and collective action to address the mental well-being of those affected by traumatic events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She noted that mental health often remains under-prioritized in emergency responses and urged stakeholders to close the gap by fostering an environment where people can speak openly about their struggles without stigma or discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe must bridge this urgent gap and create an environment where everyone feels safe to talk about their anxiety, depression, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) without being judged or labelled,\u201d the First Lady said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Senator Tinubu further appealed to Nigerians to pay attention to the \u201cunseen burdens\u201d carried by others, reaffirming that mental health support should be recognized as a guaranteed right, particularly for vulnerable groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cCheck on someone today. Be the access. Happy World Mental Health Day,\u201d she averred.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, has called for stronger advocacy and improved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17617,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17616\/revisions\/17617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}