Nigeria: What will happen to you if you develop mental illness?

Adesola (not real name) was a brilliant 400L Engineering student at a federal university when he had to drop out on account of his mental health struggles. He was clearly unable to stay well enough to cope with the challenging rigor of his university education. This was very disappointing to his lectures as he had clearly maintained a strong first-class grade in his four years as an undergraduate, and he should easily have landed outstanding job opportunities if he had managed to graduate…