Akpabio insists on jail term for attempted suicide as Senate passes decriminalisation bill for second reading
A bill seeking to decriminalise attempted suicide in Nigeria has passed second reading in the Senate, despite Senate President Godswill Akpabio insisting that people who survive suicide attempts should remain liable to imprisonment. during Tuesday’s plenary after a majority of senators supported it ...
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