Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2019 Zero Discrimination Day, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has called for legal protection against HIV-related discrimination in the country.

The Director General of the Agency, Sani Aliyu, made the call in a statement on Wednesday to mark the Zero Discrimination Day being celebrated across the globe.

Since 2014, the Zero Discrimination Day has been celebrated annually on March 1. It is a global event that promotes diversity and recognizes that everyone counts.

Mr Aliyu said the lack of protective law can feed stigma and discrimination.

This, he said, further hinders access to HIV services for people living with HIV.

He noted that disc...