Wife of Nigeria's president-elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari says no girl
should be married before age 17. According to her, 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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