The Nigeria Suicide Advocacy Group, has called for the decriminalisation of suicide to advance suicide prevention and control in Nigeria.
This was made known by Prof. Taiwo Sheikh, a Consultant Psychiatrist, at the Maiden Virtual Meeting of the Group in Lagos.
According to him, the law that criminalises suicide in Nigeria came as a result of the British colonisation, stressing the need to review and change of the law. He explained that across a country of 218 million people, this reported suicide rate equates to around 15,000 people dying by suicide each year.“It’s important to note that the data on suicides in Nigeria reported by WHO, has been provided a data quality/reliability score of 4, which is the lowest data rating used.“Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people and it’s most committed by low and and middle income countries, which Nigeria is one of them,” Sheikh said.
According to him, in Nigeria, virtually every law has certain position that criminalises suicide and attempted suicide, emphasising that it was the State laws that regulates suicide and attempted suicide.“However, if a person successfully commits suicide; there won’t be anybody to be punished. But, if a person attempted suicide, he/she will be punished.
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