Senate Approves Marriage of Underaged Children

The Senate of Federal republic of
Nigeria has approved the marriage
of underaged children irrespective
of their age in the country. This
new law will proscribes the 18
year-old rule for any Nigerian child
to qualify to engage in a conscious
agreement of marriage.
The Senates claim that a woman is
deemed to be full of age once she
is married irrespective of her age.
The Proponents or supporters of
the underage marriage rule
include; 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.
Worthy of note is the fact that
Senator Yerima Ahmad Sani
married a 13-year-old Egyptian,
two years ago in violation of the
constitutional provision.