The thought of mass wedding came from Muslim clergymen, and he was supported by the State Marshal of Parliament Abdulmalik Sarkin-DajiWhat sparked the heated debate on kid matrimony and women's education. The Concerted Nigerian Citizens NGO has published a petition online to halt the ceremony: We call on the Niger State Government to fulfil its work to defend the rights of these orphaned girls, giving precedence to their education and good. alternatively of exposing them to forced marriages, we call on the government to supply adequate support, including access to quality education and appropriate care in well-managed children's homes. Although respective 1000 citizens signed the appeal, the protest would most likely have passed without an echo if not for the intervention of the Ministry of Women. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye decided to face the Conservatives. Despite the Council of Imams, who warned her to stay distant from this issue, she stated that the wedding violates national laws on the rights of the kid and the law on the prohibition of force penalising forced marriages. She besides revealed that her subordinates had visited respective places where the orphans lived. Turns out any of them are underage. She promised to verify the age of the brides and to check whether they had agreed to the wedding, after which she applied to court for a ban on celebrations. These girls deserve better. declared that it would supply them with education, and if Sarkin-Daji tried to block her efforts, will lead to a serious legal conflict between him and the Ministry of Women's Affairs.
Scholarship in account
In Sukurs, the future Minister of Advisory for the president of Nigeria Abiodoun Essiet. She advised the president of Parliament to marry his underage daughters attending the best private schools before carrying out a mass wedding. The courageous speeches of both ladies began to be quoted by journalists around the world. Then abruptly Kennedy-Ohanenye accused the media of perverting her words and escalating the problem. She did not intend to prevent marriage, but only to know whether the girls were adult and whether they were forced to marry. – Every parent will want to marry his subjects if they scope the right age. My first objection was misunderstood. At the same time, she assured that the recently married wives would be monitored in their husbands ’ homes to guarantee that the task worked well. She besides recommended to open a bank account for each. For six months it will be powered by a scholarship to facilitate fresh life.
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Is that what they chose?
Hardheads were relieved. Sarkin-Daji felt that the minister, because of her love of women, she interfered with a spiritual and cultural issue she did not understand. According to him, all brides are grown up, chose their own brides or accepted them. – I decided to support marriages with genuine concern for those girls, most of whom are orphans. It was from a pure heart— said the marshal, stressing that the task was a aid for mediocre people who could not finance the cost of the wedding. Unions sponsored and arranged by the authorities have been incorporated in the state of Kano since 2012 in order to keep muslim values and fight against immorality in society due to the fact that unmarried women, as clergymen maintain, could end up as prostitutes. Following the withdrawal of the Kennedy-Ohanenye Minister, the sound somewhat quieted down, so the wedding ceremony of 100 virgins was held as planned on May 24. However, it was not mass or loud to annoy public opinion. The brides were divided into smaller groups. The orphans were given husbands, as well as government-funded dowries in the form of furniture, sewing machines, and food.
Although national laws prohibit forced marriages, they are a common phenomenon in Nigeria, especially in the north, where Muslims dominate. The European Union Agency for Asylum says that girls who refuse to marry can face consequences – it can be ostracism, physical assault or even rape. According to Girls Not Brides, a global network of over 1,400 groups of activists fighting to ban kid relationships, 30% of girls in Nigeria stand on a wedding carpet before they are 18. What kind of country has only matrimony to offer women? – They ask Nigerians.
