Wife of Nigeria's president-elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari has said
that no girl should be forcefully given out in marriage before age 17. She stated
that girls who are of 18 to 20 years old are better matured to give birth to a
child than those who are 17 and below.
Mrs Buhari said this while speaking to Channels TV at the
side-line of the Global Women Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
shortly after her presentation on the danger women and girl child contend with
daily. She pushed for legislation against early marriage..
"We have heard so much from the Ministers of Women
affairs from different countries. We are trying to tally it with what is
happening in Nigeria, to find out how we are lacking and in which aspect of
women affairs that we are lacking and the ones that we have gone ahead. I think
so far its quite encouraging. We just need to put everything in practice than
being in theory. If the government can stand up and say every girl child must
attend basic primary and secondary school education before getting married. I
think nobody, no girl should be married before the age of 17 because if you
really attend secondary school, you will have to be like 16 and 17 and I think
by the time you are 18- 20, its quite a moderate time of having a child", she
said
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