dont you guys thing what ghana is doing is the way to go? Shame on Naija for even debating to reduce marriage age for women.

Ghana official calls for higher
marriage age
17 July 2013 Last updated at 19:12
A Ghanaian official says women will be
healthier if they marry later
The legal age for marriage in Ghana should
be raised from 18 to 23, chief government
statistician Philomena Nyarko has said.
This would make women better prepared,
physically and mentally to have children, she
said.
It could also slow population growth in
Ghana by 15% to 20%, Ms Nyarko added.
Her proposal comes as MPs in Nigeria are
debating whether to scrap the 18-year age
restriction for marriage so that people can
wed earlier.
Some Muslim MPs argue that the restriction
violates Islamic law, which allows marriage
at the age of puberty.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is
roughly divided between Muslims and
Christians.
Ms Nyarko said that women who delayed
marriage and pregnancy until the age of 23
would have healthier lives, she said.
"It is well known that health outcome for
both mother and child improve, if pregnancy
is delayed until when the young woman has
matured for marriage and childbearing, to
help save the lives of both mother and
child," Ms Nyarko said.
Most people in Ghana, which has a
population of about 25.5 million, are
Christian.

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