SENATE PASSES BILL
FOR UNDER-AGE MARRIAGE
The senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has passed the
bill seeking marriage for under-aged children. This new law will displace the
18-years-old rule for any Nigerian child qualify to engaged into a conscious
agreement of marriage.
The senates maintain that a woman is deemed to be full of
age once she is married irrespective of her age. The backer of the under-age marriage
bill includes Senator Yerima Sani, from Zamfara West, who maintained 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 again on the bill and the majority eventually went
the way of Sani, who thereafter, thanked the senate president and his
colleagues for supporting his belief.
It is worthy to note that Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani had two years
ago married a 13-years-old Egyptian in violation of the constitutional
provision.
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