He emphasised that as a true Yoruba man, he wouldn’t have intentionally voted in support of child marriage.

baby_123:

So why did he vote in support? Is he saying he was bribed to I dont understand that comment. The man is a pedophile, period. His urges and sick desires took over his common sense. At least they have all been exposed. I pity his children, people will be looking at them like kids of a pedophile.

ode remo:
the man don take ghana must go now. oloshi.

Tolexander: why would you call a man, another person's father oloshi?
It is unfair now!
Had you called him oloriburuku, it would still have been better.

@topic!
It will be better if the bills passed and debates in the house can be made known to the public. Cos many of the legislative members like this man never knew there would be such reaction from the public.

naptu2: Since 1999 section 29 of the constitution has stated this (I've also included subsection 4)

29. (1) Any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

(a) "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.


The constitution is currently being amended and rights groups have called for the deletion of subsection 4b.

You need 2/3rds majority of votes in the senate, house of representatives and 2/3rds of all the state houses of assembly in order to amend the constitution.

2/3rds of the senators present at that time = 73 votes. The senate voted and more than 73 senators voted that 4b should be deleted. The senate moved on to other clauses.

A while later, Senator Yerima raised a point of order that subsection 4b cannot be deleted because deleting it is against islamic law. He stated that in islam, a woman is deemed to be of full age once she has gotten married. The Senate President, David Mark, reminded Yerima that the Senate has a tradition that it does not re-visit a clause once it has been voted on, but Senator Yerima continued to protest.

Eventually the Senate President agreed to hold a second vote. This time 60 senators voted that the subsection should be removed, while 35 voted that it should not be removed. They couldn't get 2/3rds majority.

Section 4b stands.


I wonder why Mark agreed to hold a second vote.

Tolexander: why would you call a man, another person's father oloshi?
It is unfair now!
Had you called him oloriburuku, it would still have been better.

@topic!
It will be better if the bills passed and debates in the house can be made known to the public. Cos many of the legislative members like this man never knew there would be such reaction from the public.