A corps members identified Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu, AKA Mr Voiceover, has impressed many as he sacrifices his monthly allowances towards tackling the menace of depression and suicidal act across schools and communities.
So far, Emmanuel has reportedly affected 50 schools, 10 campuses, 16 communities, Mosques, Churches, IDPs and Orphanage homes as his personal community development service in Kwara State in a bid to curb the thriving problem which is most prevalent among adolescents and youths in the society.
The World Health Organization (WHO), has predicted that depression will rise to become the second (2nd) most prevailing health problem globally in 2020.
This disturbing finding has motivated Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu to proffer a solution to this problem by hosting and organizing sensitization conferences and symposiums in schools, campuses, communities, IDPs and orphanage homes, Mosques and Churches and many more on Mental Health Awareness And Sensitization Programme, focused on tackling the menace of depression and suicide prevalent among the adolescents and youths in Nigeria.
The Corps member who suffered depression and suicide thoughts, wrote o’level exam 17 times, survived societal pressures, failures and setbacks before securing admission into the University, due to broken home and became an orphan at the verge of securing admission, yet did not give up, has been a global sensation and he is being celebrated for using his story to change the world.
Emmanuel, a graduate of University of Benin (UNIBEN), who recently got featured on BBC for his sensational story and impacts, shared on his Facebook timeline that he has no doubt in his heart that God orchestrated his story to pass a message of hope to this generation, especially to the adolescents and youths who are scared to face failures, societal pressures, and setbacks and are dying daily of suicide, hopelessness, anxiety, fustration, depression, which is leading them to indulge in societal vices which they assume is a solution.
