On Tuesday, 17th July 2013, Senate Constitutional Review Committee proposed a removal of section 29[4](b) of the constitution, which deals with manner of renunciation of citizenship, which states that a married woman shall be deemed to be of full age.......... continue reading!
However, subsection 29a defines ‘full age’ as a person of eighteen years and above. The consequence of subsection 29[4](b) is therefore that a baby who is obviously unconsciously married to a paedophiliac man will automatically be referred to as ‘full age’ (adult) constitutionally.
Therefore, to check this malady of the constitution, a removal of the subsection 29[4](b) was proposed and firsthandedly agreed upon by the Senate before Senator Yerima objected the removal, saying the removal is anti-Islamic.
As a result of that, a revisit was made on that subsection which demanded a vote to be conducted by the Senate for its removal or unremoval. The result of the revisit vote was 60 against 35 which did favour the subsection to be removed.
However, 60 votes were not enough considering what the constitution stipulated for an amendment to occur: a two-third, which in this case was 73. Hence, the subsection stating that a woman(girl) is of age once she is married is still constitutional in Nigeria.
The legal consequence of this is that girl-child abuse is indirectly legal!
However, it should be noted that Senator Yerima who shamelessly flaunt himself as a paedophile had years back married a baby from Egypt. He also introduced Sharia law into Nigeria government while he served as governor of Zamfara state. His reign as governor brought about the word ‘short sleeve’ which was as a result of the rampart cutting of said thieves. It should be recalled that EFCC boss, Rufai said Yerima was guilty of misappropriation of public funds, yet he was unpunished!
And now, as a senator he wants to infiltrate immoral policies into the constitution all in the name of Islam, a false Islam I dare say for the true Islam(Quran) does not in anyway embrace girl-child marriage.
Other authoritative concepts also frown at girl-child marriage such as below:
Universal Ethnic is a moral concept which states what are generally accepted everywhere in the world. To this, it is acknowledged that girl-child marriage is an abuse to universal ethics.
Also, Islamically, the Quran does not justify the girl-child marriage. Hence, the saying that Muhammed (SAW) married a girl is provingly not absolutely truth and if it might, it was due to the reign of things at that time. I believe if Muhammed is to live in this our age, he won’t venture into such marriage. Therefore, the notion of girl-child marriage is not Islamic as Yerima and other paedophiles like to claim.
In addition, other nations of the world who are tagged Islamic countries and who are believed to uphold Islam more riggedly, legally opposed girl-child marriage as noted such nations include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Mali, Palestine, Tunisia, Syria, Libya … Therefore, Yerima and his followers are mere foul-heads who want to camouflage with religion.
According to United Nations Charters, as stated in the article the Convention on the Right of a Child, a child means ‘every human being below the age of eighteen (18) years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier’. Also, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 16(2) specifies that ‘Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.’ From, the above it is obvious that a girl cannot enter into marriage because she is not free for she is still a child i.e below 18.
Naturally, the biologically frame of a child is not fit for marriage as well as her psychologically and anatomical set up. It is in all ramifications harmful to her, for medically, it will expose her to various medical maladies such as Vestico Vagina Fistula (VVF), the leakage of urine and faeces through the vagina, death etc.
Economically, it will results to increase the already high rate of poverty in Nigeria, increase the rate of child labour/ child abuse, useless the ought future leaders through making them into motherhood at tender ages, increase the rate of birth death rate as well as decrease in female mortality rate.
Politically,it will make Nigeria politics a patriarchal than what it is presently; therefore, relegating females as second class citizens.
Internationally, Nigerian females would be unheard of, because most of them would be entrapped in useless marriages and unworthy motherhood.
Personally, it will steal her dream, her will, her tomorrow. It will make her a slave for life! She will be unfulfilled. She will psychological be sad! It make most of her potentials dead! Above, she may not be able to find her true self and heavenly purpose on earth. She might live a waited life and die as a waste!
All the consequences stated above and more, will result if the bill of girl-child marriage isn’t constitutional illegalized through the removal of subsection b of section 29(4) which will invariably further under-develop the already under-developed Nigeria.
Therefore, I bid all Nigerians, home and aboard, to unite and supporting the fight against Senator Yerima’s wish of legalising paedophilia, child abuse, immorality and fundamental human right.
Let’s come together to save the future of our (female)future leaders by joining the fight and saying NO TO GIRL-CHILD MARRIAGE!!!
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