One decade " 10 years" jail term, ₦ 5m forfeiture await Nigerians who do not recite new public hymn
The House of Representatives has introduced the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, proposing harsh penalties for Nigerians who refuse to recite the national hymn, destroy public symbols, or deface places of deification. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas [legit.ng] Under the proposed legislation, individualities who refuse to recite the public hymn face a forfeiture of ₦ 5 million, a 10- years prison judgment, or both. According to Sahara journalists, the bill also extends this discipline to anyone set up shamefaced of destroying public symbols or defacing a place of deification with intent to incite violence. " The bill stipulates that anyone who will be caught destroying public symbols, refusing to recite the public hymn and pledge, defacing a place of deification with intent to incite violence, or undermining the Federal Government shall face a forfeiture of N5 million, a 10- time captivity judgment, or both," reads a section of the proposed law. F...