Nigeria Senate Approves Marriage For Underage Children In Bizarre Session
The Senate of Federal republic of Nigeria has approved the marriage of under-aged children irrespective of their age in the country. This...
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The Senate of Federal republic of Nigeria has approved the marriage of under-aged children irrespective of their age in the country.
This new law will proscribe the 18 year-old rule for any Nigerian child to qualify to engaged into a conscious agreement of marriage.
The Senates claimed that a woman is deemed to be full of age once she is married irrespective of her age.
The Proponents or supporters of the under-age marriage rule includes Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani, Zamfara West, who claimed that the provision which stipulates a certain age for women before getting married, was at variance with Islamic law.
The resolution was made by lawmakers on Tuesday after a vote on recommendations of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Nigerian Constitution.
The Executive Director of PROJECT ALERT on Violence Against Women, Josephine Effa-Chukwuma, described the resolution as a selfish one.
She said that (the resolution) would contradict the Child Rights Act which stipulated that “a child is anyone below the age of 18″.
“That is very reckless of them and insensitive of them to the plight of young girls, especially in this time and era of child sexual abuse; the implications and complications that come up from early marriage which we all know; VVF, RVF and all that.
“So, if they go to the constitution to remove the age restriction that says one cannot marry a teen, then, they might as well throw the Childs rights acts out of the window.
“The Childs Rights Acts says clearly that a child is any one below the age of 18; or are they oblivious to it , it is completely unacceptable,” she said.
The Senates claimed that a woman is deemed to be full of age once she is married irrespective of her age.
The Proponents or supporters of the under-age marriage rule includes Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani, Zamfara West, who claimed that the provision which stipulates a certain age for women before getting married, was at variance with Islamic law.
The resolution was made by lawmakers on Tuesday after a vote on recommendations of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Nigerian Constitution.
The Executive Director of PROJECT ALERT on Violence Against Women, Josephine Effa-Chukwuma, described the resolution as a selfish one.
She said that (the resolution) would contradict the Child Rights Act which stipulated that “a child is anyone below the age of 18″.
“That is very reckless of them and insensitive of them to the plight of young girls, especially in this time and era of child sexual abuse; the implications and complications that come up from early marriage which we all know; VVF, RVF and all that.
“So, if they go to the constitution to remove the age restriction that says one cannot marry a teen, then, they might as well throw the Childs rights acts out of the window.
“The Childs Rights Acts says clearly that a child is any one below the age of 18; or are they oblivious to it , it is completely unacceptable,” she said.
Don't know what this country is becoming, we banning one thing and we are bringing another maniac up. Truth is God help this generation.
ReplyDeleteSo addult marriage is longer d best bt children is nau deir target jst 4 deir selfish reason.to start spoiling d future of dos young girls nd creating divorce evrywhr nd turnin dem 2 widows after dey v passd out.Yerima dnt have anytin good 4 d country b4is always dere 2 spoil d vision of dis country.he wil neva contribute 2 tins dat wil mk d country move forward
ReplyDeletei think our senators have lost their sense of reasoning as lod as they are ,this what they would come up with just to satisfy their urge,many of them want to marry under age girls that is why they came up with this law GOD WILL JUDGE THE ALL.
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ReplyDeleteI hope these lawmakers would allow men take their 13-year old daughters as wives. God protect our girls...
ReplyDeleteThis is obvious as we can see what the big idiots are doing with these teen girls. Can you imagin, recently, a 56 years old professor was caught sleeping with 15 years old girl according to a friend. We need to stand and against law. May God save us
ReplyDeleteGod purnish all the men dat will marry a 16yrs
ReplyDeleteThis just shows what these senators do behind closed doors... Now they want to legalise their perverted desires and impose them on us.
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