On Tuesday, July 16th, the senate pegged the official marriage age in Nigeria at 18 years upon amendment of the constitution. Following the amendment, Former Zamfara State 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 reasons, the Senate agreed with him and made an about turn on the amendment.
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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