Emir Of Kano, Sanusi, Advocates For Abolishment Of Child Marriage In Nigeria

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has advocated a ban on marriage of women below 18 years, saying most of the women suffering from reproductive health challenges were products of such marriages.

The emir, who spoke at a workshop organised by the Northern Islamic Forum in Kano on Tuesday, said time had come when the Muslim community should live by the reality of economic recession and consequences of early marriage.
He said the era when people gave out their daughters in marriage at early ages and asked the husbands to wait till they were ripe was nothing but a deception.
According to Mr. Sanusi, that strategy no longer worked as it had led to cases of divorce and other ugly situations.
The emir recounted that in the past the rich and the poor married four wives and bore between 30 and 40 children because the economy was not only buoyant but also because people were not relying on government for sustenance.



He said though the harsh economic realities now make it impossible for people to feed twice a day these days, “unfortunately our people do not change and somebody with virtually nothing still give birth to 20 or 30 children and this must stop”.
Mr. Sanusi said there was a need to peg the marriage age now because of the challenges early marriage was posing.
According to him, the marriage age in Egypt at present was 18 while that of Malaysia and Morocco were 19 and 17 respectively, asking “why not we here urgently call for pegging of marriage ages within Muslim Umma in Nigeria?”
He argued that since Nigeria Muslims also practice the Malikiys School of thought as these countries, “we should follow suit and peg our own marriage ages for our own good”.
Mr. Sanusi called on the relevant authorities to create a law that would punish anybody that gave birth to children and allowed them to suffer.
According to him, most of those neglected children not only turned victims of social vices but also engage in terrorism.

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Posted: at 24-05-2016 08:07 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero

In the northern states and not Nigeria.

Posted: at 24-05-2016 08:17 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

its a lie, wait... did Sanusi really said this? this is one of the most reasonable word I have heard from him, some persons will criticize him for this statement.

Posted: at 24-05-2016 08:24 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

it's time someone bell's the cat.....i wholeheartedly applaud and support  Emir Sanusi for this bold call.

Posted: at 24-05-2016 08:37 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

He wants to be recognized, efcc should visit him for borrowing our cash to Islamic country.

Posted: at 24-05-2016 08:43 PM (7 years ago) | Upcoming

Good one sanusi,d ban should also include marrying 4 wives in d name of Islam,bearing 40 to 50 vagabonds  here n there,that is why boko haram no dey finish today, army don kill tire,yet them still full every where

Posted: at 24-05-2016 09:01 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Please tell them if they will listen to you dumb people

Posted: at 24-05-2016 09:50 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

Better ooo...                                                                                                               

Posted: at 24-05-2016 10:07 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

this is serious                                                               

Posted: at 24-05-2016 10:10 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

Hmmmmmm.... only in north... this can not happen in rest of nigeria.

Posted: at 24-05-2016 11:07 PM (7 years ago) | Hero