Nigeria: Why Politicians' Health Suffer As Election Campaigns Intensify

Lagos and Port Harcourt — POLITICIANS are increasingly prone to ill health this season, as the need to visit nearly every part of the country in furtherance of political campaigns puts enormous pressure on them; and sleep problems, headache and depression set in.

Psychologists, who have tracked politicians' careers, say their mental health should be monitored. Nobody really believes that members of the executive arm of government are having mental health problems.

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