B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G NEWS: Senate Approves Marriage for Underage Children.

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.

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.

It is worthy of note that Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani had two years ago married a 13-year-old Egyptian in violation of the constitutional provision.
culled from HERE

Posted: at 18-07-2013 10:36 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

Mad people.  They can no longer think straight.  They cant make any good law to favour all and sundry.  Yerima brought this evil bill bcos he married 13 year old girl and nothing happened.

No sane parents will give out their under aged kids for marriage.

Rubbish. Senate House of Commotion/Horror. I  for the future of my dear country

Posted: at 18-07-2013 01:50 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

You've said it all

Posted: at 19-07-2013 11:31 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

        

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Posted: at 19-07-2013 11:32 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Yerima is insane! 9ja which way?

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Posted: at 19-07-2013 11:40 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

We spend most of our tym be-littling northerners where as they call d shots in dis crazy society of ours.......can u imagine dis bunkombel?

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Posted: at 19-07-2013 11:44 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac