Akpabios Suicide Saga:When leaders forget, by Emmanuel Aziken
When Nigerias youngest senator, 41-year-old Asuquo Ekpenyong of Cross River South, moved a bill to decriminalise attempted suicide, few could have anticipated the sharp confrontation it would provoke between a new approach to mental health and the traditional thinking of the political establishment. During Tuesdays plenary on October 13, Senate President Godswill Akpabio opposed the []The post Akpabios Suicide Saga:When leaders forget, by Emmanuel Aziken appeared first on Vanguard News.
When Nigerias youngest senator, 41-year-old Asuquo Ekpenyong of Cross River South, moved a bill to decriminalise attempted suicide, few could have anticipated the sharp confrontation it would provoke between a new approach to mental health and the traditional thinking of the political establishment. During Tuesdays plenary on October 13, Senate President Godswill Akpabio opposed the []The post Akpabios Suicide Saga:When leaders forget, by Emmanuel Aziken appeared first on Vanguard News.
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