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Inioluwa Ogunleye
6 days ago
Overview
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency hosted clerics and religious leaders on Friday, November 7, 2025, for a two-day training, which commenced the previous day.
The event, held at the Ikeja Local Council Secretariat, was geared towards enlightening stakeholders across different religious bodies on issues relating to sexual and gender-based violence.
Mr Taiwo Amusa, a mental health nurse, who was also one of the facilitators at the programme, spoke extensively on psychological first aid and support services available for survivors of psychological trauma. “All of us need to have at least basic knowledge of psychology and psychological first aid,” he said.
Amusa also spoke on the relevance of psychology to religious practices. “When you say ‘psychology’… everybody knows that psychology is the scientific study of the mind… if you are not able to study the mind of an affected person, you won’t be able to solve his problems, or her problems,” Amusa stated.
He also stated that services rendered to victims without a spiritual foundation may cause the person to fall apart.
