Tag: Lagos Genital mutilators
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BILL: Genital mutilators risk five years imprisonment
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015, and increased the penalty for female circumcision or genital mutilation from four to five years. The proposed law will raise the fine from N20,000 to N1m. Sponsored by a member of the House from…