Is the new Nigerian law
promoting pedophilia?
Here's how
it happened. The Nigerian senate on Tuesday July 16th pegged the official
marriage age in Nigeria as 18 years when they amended the constitution. Then
Former Zamfara Governor, now Senator, Sani Yerima, who married a 13 year old
Egyptian girl in 2010, opposed the age restrictions saying it was anti-islam.
For some reason the Senate agreed with him and made an about turn.
The Senate
has now deleted the age specification from the new constitution, leaving
marriage age for women open. They stated that 'a woman is deemed to be “full of
age” once she is married irrespective of the age she did so.'
So
basically, this new law allows the marriage of under aged girls. What's your
thoughts on this?
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