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Help to stop Nigeria Senate from allowing underage marriages of our daughters

Help to stop Nigeria Senate from allowing underage marriages of our daughters

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Started by Anonymous 13 years ago
We reject the argument of Ahmed Yerima that the proposal for the deletion of section 29 (4)(b) which states that "any woman who is married shall be deemed of full age" is at variance with Islamic law. The constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. While we hail the constitution review process led by the Senate and the House of Representatives, we reject the argument of Senator Ahmed Yerima that the proposal for the deletion of section 29 (4) (b) which states that "any woman who is married shall be deemed of full age. Section 29 of the Nigerian constitution provides that the age of adulthood ( which also doubles for age of consent for marriage to be eighteen years). However, clause in section 29 (4b ) provides a loophole that makes it possible for any man to marry underage minors, and we want this clause completely deleted. We need your help to achieve that goal. Too many girls as young as 9 years old are taken by men as old as 50 years for wives. In the past years, there has been too many cases of these child wives dying from childbirth or complications from having sex too early and we want this to stop..... Help us put a stop to it by signing the petition. Help save our young daughters from this cruelty. Thank you.

Updates

July 21, 2013

Senator Yerima and his colleagues are silent while girls are dying from this barbaric practice. We are going to keep shoving this petition in their faces until they admit that no child belongs in a marriage bed with an old man.

Reached 100 supporters

July 21, 2013

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Olaniyi Oniya
5 years ago Featured

I condemn such act of barbarity and sexual perversion in all its entities. The Nigerian Senate should be condemned the world over for allowing and fraternizing with people who do.

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Reggie Akpata
11 years ago Featured

The governor of one of the Sharia States popped up here in Los Angeles on a PR tour to give a speech at some "think tank"; bet the audience was filled by a whole bunch of our people who wouldn't mind killing you to gain his favor

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Jide Osei
12 years ago Featured

yerima is a disgrace to the whole country. he needs to be held accountable for defending such filth.

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Tunde Espinoza
13 years ago Featured

STOP THE MADNESS. A 9 year old should be in school playing with toys not being forced into some mans bed. nigeria you can do better than this.

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Amara Rogers
13 years ago Featured

my heart breaks for these children. please keep fighting because this law is evil and needs to be deleted right now.

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Sarah Reddy
13 years ago Featured

this is sickening how can anyone call themselves a leader while letting this happen to little girls? absolutely disgusting behavior.

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