A new law in Sokoto state will mandate potential suitors to add insecticide – treated mosquito nets to the brideprice they pay before getting married .
The couple will also have to undergo testing for sickle cell gene and enrol for a state community contributory health scheme to reduce the cost of medical treatment, according to the law .
Sokoto health commissioner Balarabe Kakale said the law makes it compulsory for couples to undergo testing for HIV/ AIDS and Hepatitis B .
The state health ministry is to sponsor a private bill before Sokoto legislature.
But that will not come until a seminar agrees on the position of the law, Islam, and culture on premarital testing.
Kakale said the measures were meant to reduce the menace of the diseases in Sokoto
