There
might soon be a new law for people discriminating against people living with
HIV/AIDS in Ondo State, following the passage of the anti-HIV bill by the state
legislators on yesterday.
might soon be a new law for people discriminating against people living with
HIV/AIDS in Ondo State, following the passage of the anti-HIV bill by the state
legislators on yesterday.
At
the plenary, members of the state Assembly unanimously passed the bill after it
scaled through the second reading. The Chairman of the House Committee on
Health, Bamidele Oleyelogun, who presented the bill before his colleagues, said
there will be an option of N500,000 fine. But people, whose offences are
considered grievous, will pay the fine and still spend five years behind bars
the plenary, members of the state Assembly unanimously passed the bill after it
scaled through the second reading. The Chairman of the House Committee on
Health, Bamidele Oleyelogun, who presented the bill before his colleagues, said
there will be an option of N500,000 fine. But people, whose offences are
considered grievous, will pay the fine and still spend five years behind bars
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