There has been the outpouring of outrage and disgust, since Nigerians learnt of recent that the bill about early marriage to kids had been signed into law, by the Senate of our country. So there's now no law against marrying an underage.
A list of those law makers, who signed & supported the bill has been making the rounds for about 2 days now. One of those prominently mentioned to have supported the bill is the Honourable Senator Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura, the former Governor of Zamfara State. Who himself about 2 years ago married a 13 years old girl.
He has purportedly replied the critics of the child marriage thing- Hear him- Nigeria has many uncountable problems and none of them is early marriage. As a matter of fact early marriage is the solution to about half of our problems. For those who wonder, if I can give my daughter(s) out in marriage at the age of 9 or 13, I tell you most honestly, I can give her out at the age of 6, if I want to and its not your business.
This is because I am a Muslim and I follow the example of the best of mankind, Muhammad (PBUH). In Islam, marriage is not only about sex, it is about family and helping one another in achieving their goals, which is the attainment of Paradise. In Islam, a girl can be given out in marriage as early as 6 years old, but consummation of the marriage can only be done when the girl becomes physically mature and she gives her consent to it unlike English law, it is not permissible for a man to rape his wife in Shari'a h Law. So what can anybody tell me?
I live in a city where young girls at the age of 12, have already become serial fornicators and cannot count the number of men they have had sex with.
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