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Nigeria to Decriminalise Attempted Suicide By December 2025 - Official

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    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Left

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : The federal government has said Nigeria is on course to decriminalise attempted suicide by December 2025, in a move designed to replace punitive laws with a health-centred approach.
56% : It also calls on governments to make suicide prevention and mental health care a priority in public policy.
52% : Lifeline International, drawing on WHO data, further highlights that for each suicide, at least 20 others attempt to take their own lives.
50% : "A government white paper has been finalised to guide national policy, while a draft amendment to the National Mental Health Act 2021, now the National Mental Health Amendment Bill 2025, proposes the repeal of punitive provisions in the Criminal and Penal Codes," he said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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