The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has decried the increasing rate of suicide across the country, saying it is high time Nigerians returned to the era of caring for their neighbours to prevent the worrisome menace.
Obasa who made this known in a message to mark the "World Suicide Prevention Day" said suicide which was hitherto alien to Nigerians have become a recurring incident mostly because of influences that ordinarily could be controlled.
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