I don't know about you but I feel this is just wrong in so many ways. Isn't this going to encourage paedophiles? 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 Senate claimed that a woman is deemed to be full of age once she is married irrespective of her age. So a 13 year old is deemed to be old enough to be married?
Supporters of the under-age marriage rule includes Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani, Zamfara West (Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani had some years ago married a 13-year-old Egyptian), who claimed that the provision which stipulates a certain age for women before getting married, was at variance with Islamic law. After a moment of controversy, Senate President David Mark asked his colleagues to vote afresh on the provision, a situation that eventually went in favour of Sani, who, thereafter, thanked the Senate president and his colleagues for supporting his cause. Wonders, will you allow your 8 or 9 or even 10 year old to get married?
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