The screen goddess, Omotola Jelaide-Ekeinde
expressed her feeling on the issue while speaking as a Special Guest at the
MBGN beauty pageant on Saturday night in Yenagoa.
According to her, approving early
marriage of the girl-child will expose her to various abuses and exploitation.
“The number of the Nigerian children
on our streets today is alarming and this is due to the abuses and exploitation
they suffer in their homes.
“Many of the girls out of school
today have been abused, raped and neglected.
“Who cares about the helpless and
neglected girl children that are being raped on daily basis? “A very
alarming number of children today are on the streets hawking or have been
abused, raped or are married to men/women who should be protecting them. Who
protects the children of Nigeria? Should we now remove the parental caution on
movies that say ‘Not for persons below 18′?
“Must we have to wait for another
Malala Yousafzai before we do what is right for the future of our children?”
Jelaide-Ekeinde asked.
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The actress, who was honoured with
‘SilverBird Unique Personality of the year’ award, called on the government to
rather empower the girl-child through sound and compulsory education
programmes.
She enjoined Nigerians to rise and
say ‘no’ to the enslavement of the girl-child through early marriages, noting
that the time had come for Nigerian girls to be free from all forms of bondage
and deprivation.
“That I am the most influential
actress in Africa today is because my parents never gave me out to early
marriage. I stand up to say ‘no’ to the National Assembly’s endorsement of child-marriage.”
(NAN)
“It scares and totally shocks me that the Senate in Nigeria (the most
populous black nation in the world and giant of Africa) would not be passing in
a law ensuring that every child should compulsorily be enrolled in school.“This is a call for justice and equity for children especially the Nigerian girl child, who has the right to quality education, a childhood and the decision of whom and when to marry.
“My Name is Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and I say No to phedophilia and No to the Senate bill endorsing child marriage in Nigeria
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