2021 MTN ASAP: Maymunah Kadiri, Mental Health Advocate & Coach, To Speak At The Webinar

Mental Health Coach and Founder, Pinnacle Medical Services, Maymunah Kadiri, will feature on a virtual panel session at the MTN Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (MTN ASAP), which will hold on Friday, June 25, 2021.

The webinar titled ‘Share Facts On Drugs, Save Lives’ will feature candid discussions about drugs and substance abuse from doctors, psychologists, activists and former addicts.

Dr Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri is a multiple award-winning Neuro-Psychiatrist & Mental Health Advocate with almost 20 years of experience. She is also a trained rational-emotive and cognitive behavioural therapist from Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA. She is the founder of Pinnacle Medical Services, a wellness centre that focuses on counselling, rehab and treatment for psychological and mental health issues.

The event, organised by MTN Nigeria in partnership with Netng, Hip TV, Business Day, MTV Base and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is in commemoration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as ‘World Drug Day.’

According to a 2018 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime survey, the number of drug users in Nigeria is estimated at 14.4% or 14.3 million people aged between 15 and 64 years. Close to 3 million Nigerians live with some level of drug dependence.

Chairman, MTN Foundation, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, says the event will “stimulate discourse among thought leaders and policymakers from different walks of life, to bring us much closer towards our goal of freeing our future leaders from the evil attraction of drugs and possible addiction to opioids.”

The event is focused on building a dynamic platform that will enable young Nigerians to participate actively and contribute to in-depth conversations about substance abuse and addiction. The webinar will be moderated by music artiste and anti-abuse campaigner David Jones David.

Other keynote speakers at this year’s panel include Odunayo Sanya, the Executive Secretary of the MTN Foundation; Tony Rapu, Senior Pastor, House of Freedom; Bada Akintunde-Johnson, Country Manager, ViacomCBS Africa; Maymunah Kadiri, founder, Pinnacle Medical Services; Oliver Stolpe, Country Representative, Country Representative, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); and Olawale Eso, a young Nigerian recovering from drug abuse.