Kano signs law to jail couples without medical tests before marriage

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has assented to the Kano State Premarital Health Screening Act, a law mandating couples to undergo compulsory medical tests. With the new law in place, the conjugal tie will only be permitted upon a clean bill of health for genotype, hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS, and other related illnesses. […]

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