The Effect and negative consequences of negative emotions on mindset and on society and especially on students ,was what featured prominently during a security awareness summit held at NASS Hall of Alvan Ikoku Federal University Of Education owerri on 16th July,2024 with the theme,empowering student for safer tomorrow as organized by the Student Union Government of the university .
Speaking during the event ,the chairman Rangers international Football Club Foundation,Coach Ebere Amaraizu applauded the organizers on choosing carefully mental health as topic of discussions and maintained that no one irrespective of whom he is in the society and job he does can perform optimally if he or she is not mentally healthy. mental healthiness is key .In our prayers ,we always pray for continual health of mind body meaning that healthiness of the mind is important to coordinate our body .It is important here to state that we should all prioritize issues on our mental health because negative emotions takes us to negative options and coping methods such as journey to crime ,substance and drug addictions,violent behaviours ,suicide and amongst others .At Rangers Intl FC Foundation,we are collaborating with cope and live mental health Awareness foundation to bring mental health Awareness and education to our various communities just as we are here today .Just know that mental health is not madness but key to great performance .Amaraizu who also an expert in multi sports activities stressed the need for more students involvement in positive coping skills and multi sports activities to cushion the effect of negative emotions thereby stabilizing cognitive ,affective and psychomotor Abilities.He revealed that Rangers Intl Football Club Foundation is on strong Coalitions with cope and live mental health Awareness foundation towards the provisions of free mental health Awareness/ Education with free mental health counseling to students of tertiary institutions within South Eastern states and the entire country at large as one of the cardinal areas of Rangers international Football Club Foundation,the first football club foundation in Nigeria with huge emphasis towards reconnecting nature to mankind.
Also speaking during the event ,the executive director cope and live mental health Awareness foundation,Reverend Chukwudiebube Nwachukwu maintained that mental health awareness is supposed to be embraced by all and sundry and pointing out that any one who is not mentally healthy will be a danger to himself ,friends ,families ,organization and school he or she belongs to .He explained that a lot of factors can cause mental health issue such as anger ,fear,hardship ,relationship,business,academic failures, overthinking,anxiety amongst others .This can trigger negative emotions and mood swings which in turn affects mental health .He further maintained that no doubt ,average nigerian student are either physically,socially,economically and academically stressed hence the need for its management for a greater society.He used the occasion to call for integration of mental health in the school curriculum which will cover Mental health Awareness,signs , symptoms,response and management.He added that in order to escalate mental health Awareness/ education in schools and colleges that cope and live mental health Awareness foundation and partners have come up an initiative called S2S initiative which is aimed at empowering students on how to live,exposing them to multi sports activities and the need for national security Framework that will help for identification of mental health issues in our tertiary institutions and as a national security priority and which can be addressed through policies,guidelines that prioritize sports development in our schools.
Reacting ,the student union government president of Alvan Ikoku Federal University Of Education,Owerri Emmanuel osuji thanked various speakers and maintained that mental health is key while describing the engagement as worthwhile and with great impact on students .
Present during the event was the focal person cope and live mental health Awareness foundation Imo State , comrade Kennedy Onwunali,students ,various students leaders and other invited guests and special guests amongst others .
