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Don Calls For Amendment Of Mental Health Act

by Samuel Abulude
2 years ago
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A professor of Medical Law, Titilayo Aderibigbe has called for the amendment of the Mental Health Act 2023 to incorporate traditional mental health healers.

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Aderibigbe made the call at the 46th inaugural lecture of Babcock University.

In a paper, “Engagement with the Human Body: Searching Through the Prism of Law to Shape the Future,” she said the amendment of the Act would not only help to expand but would also improve the nation’s healthcare system.

The mental health act, according to her seeks to protect people with mental health illness from all forms of abuse, violence and torture, but did not take into consideration the traditional mental healers that offer about 80 per cent of healthcare in Nigeria.

Aderibigbe further noted that research has also shown that most of these traditional mental healers provide therapy that is in tandem with the cultural belief system.

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“Therefore, I am advocating that the Nigerian government incorporates traditional healers into our healthcare system through a rigorous vetting and genuine intention to expand and improve our healthcare through the amendment of Mental Health Act 2023”, she said. 

She further noted that a more practical way to protect the adolescent victims of sexual abuse was to expose the officers who prosecute rape cases in the court to regular training and retraining.

While commending the Lagos State government for her efforts in the reporting process of gender-based abuse report, she called on other state governments to establish special offices for members of the public to report rapes anonymously.

According to her, since ‘the law is the fabric that propels society and is used to engage with different aspects of the human body’, Nigerian legislators should expand their consultation to the ivory towers. 

“For this reason, I believe it is important that Nigeria’s National Assembly take the pain to consult the Ivory towers when legislative amendments are proposed before passing them,” she stated.

 


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