Nigeria: Buhari Signs Mental Health Bill After Two Failed Attempts

The government is urged to ensure that the gazetted copies of the bill are available to citizens, so they know their new legal rights.

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed into law the Mental Health Bill 2021 after two failed attempts at overhaul in 2003 and 2013.

The bill, which was harmonised by both the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly in 2021, is the first legislative reform adopted in the field since the country’s independence, and will also replace the Lunacy Act of…