Edo is not a northern state.what is sen ugbesia odion thinking. i am disappointed in you. or are you doing it secretly and you want to do it in the open when itbis finally passed. God will help us.

omobadan: List of senators whose votes helped legalise underage marriage and how it happened (Voting Sheet)


by Stanley Azuakola

We now know how senators voted on the constitution amendment bill which caused an uproar in the senate on Tuesday.

READ: Senate Fails To Get Enough Votes To Deal Blow On Underage Marriage, Backs Pension For Its Leadership

The section up for amendment had to do with persons qualified to renounce Nigerian citizenship. The constitution in Section 29 says anyone of age can do so. Section 29(4) (b) says that ” any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” It means that even a child if married can be seen to be of full age and as such can renounce citizenship. The committee proposed that that provision be deleted.

When it was put to vote, 2/3 of members present voted for it which meant it was deleted. But, not so fast.

Enter Senator Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara, the controversial former governor of Zamfara who tried to stoke religious sentiments. He said it was against Islamic law. Yerima got married to a teenager a few years ago, and going by the provision, the girl who is still not 18 cannot be said to be of age.

Sen. Yerima needs to watch this video: Watch: Genius: Meet The Most Politically Aware And Lucid 12 Year Old In The World

He kicked and began to mobilise his fellow Muslims in the Senate and it was threatening to cause confusion. Despite the senate president, David Mark insisting that it could no longer be revisited as it had been voted upon, Yerima continued his objection.

Due to the sensitive nature, Mark had to call for another vote. At this point the Senators who were in favour of this clause could no longer muster 2/3 of the votes that will retain Section 29, Clause 4 (b). Senators still voted 60 votes to 35 votes for the clause to be deleted, but it did not satisfy the 2/3 requirement and so, according to the senate version, “any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.”

Thanks to Sen. Babafemi Ojudu (Ekiti Central, ACN), we have the full list of the senators who voted NO)

The senators who voted NO, that is those who did not want the clause deleted, include the following:

1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South West, PDP)

2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West, PDP)

3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)

4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)

5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour Party)

6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)

7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)

8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)

9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)

10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)

11. Sen. Danjuma Goje Mohammed (Gombe Central, PDP)

12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)

13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South, PDP)

14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)

15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)

16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)

17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North, PDP)

18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)

19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)

20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)

21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North, PDP)

22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)

23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South, PDP)

24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)

25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)

26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)

27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)

28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)

29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East, PDP)

30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)

31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)

32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)

33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP)

34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)

35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)

Some senators did not register to vote, while some abstained.

After the second voting, Yerima tried to get up to thank the Senate Present and his colleagues in an attempt to claim victory, he was shouted down and booed.


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I am so ashamed to be an ondo man.This mimiko and his labor party needs to be kicked out.They are a bunch of scamming paedophiles.

The senate resolution is not yet a law in Nigeria, it is just a proposal. 2/3 members in the house of representatives must support that passage of the proposal before it can be enshrine in the constitution. Our prayer will be that house of representatives vote against the proposed amendment of the senate.

The constitution give us the powers to recall our representative from either the senate or house of representative when we feel they are no longer there to serve their myopic interest and not electorate interest again. It is time we know how to invoke this section of the constitution against any of the dishonourable senators and representatives.

It time to start acting the act and not talk the talk on these child molesters. Lets take a clue from Egypt and act now, to save our land, children and generations to come from theses "POLITHIEVCIAN"

Goin tru pples comment al I cud do was smile and wonder y muslims think their women are holy!point of correction I was born and brought up in d north so I knw u guys are bunch of hypocrites.sleepin with underage grls is not a new thing and most southerns who didn't grow up or ever bein to d north wudnt knw until yerima's case. Our security men while we were stil living in kano always slpt wit those small grls that hawk groudnut and they wil b so wicked that they take "buruntachi" b4 mounting those grls which wil make them last for over 4hrs on those little grls and cuz my window was close to the gate,u hear those grls pleading and screaming "wayo allah" but those men wudnt stop but promising them marriage!
For d educated ones,they are lesbians drug addicts(always high on codine)especialy those shuwa arabs and u see them in slow motion not knwin its codine but think they are reserved! (Thunder fire reserve)I hv proof with d ones I schooled with in Unibuja and they dnt associate much with xtains so u wudnt knw their secret
Until I met one young hajiya,d 3rd wife of a prominent man(no need to mention her name)she approached me as a lesbian and when she found out I wasn't she almost bought me a car to shut me up,I declined and didn't expose her then she opened up on d hypocrisy in islam and told me why most of them are lesbians is cuz of d polygamous nature of their homes and most of these men are too weak to satisfy 4 and since they can't bring in male frnds they bring in female lesbians and their husbands wil think its just a coursemate!
Go into a cosmectic shop and ask the sales boy or grl d pple who buy V tighteners d most and they wil tel u its d muslim grls,even an Imam's wife then in unibuja was selling it to those unmarried grls,one of them evn bought it for me and said if I use it and a man touches me,he wil neva leave me,my pple d thing wil not only make u tight but also serve as love potion!!!!pls what do u need that 4 if u r not a serial bleeper!
Sometym ago we heard of artificial virginity in saudi and some arab countries whr their ladies who hv lost their virginity b4 marriage go 4 surgery to close up d hymen! Na wa o! Who is fooling who?
Muslim grls are runs grls but becos they dnt realy date xtains u wudnt knw and with their polygamous nature they become one of d wives.
Who has heard of one Aisha grl(4gotn her surname) a big tym runs grl in kd,her plate numbers read Aisha1,Aisha2 and so on abi na mohammed send her those cars 4rm paradise!
Muslims pls Quit d pretence,u can't fool us with ur hijab and wrapper dressing!or is it ur men Allah kiyaye! No comment cuz u knw ursef!
Happy fasting.

Severe and permanent medical damage can occur when a CHILD is rhaped by an adult and made pregnant. The pelvic bone of a child is not yet large enough to accommodate the passage of a baby, and so MASSIVE bone and nerve damage can occur, such that the child thereafter loses the ability to retain urine, whereby the urine leaks continuously and uncontrolably, for the rest of that person's life. Worse still,PERMANENT leg paralysis can also result when a child goes into labor, due to compressive nerve damage that can occur with the passage of a baby through an under-developed pelvic bone.

The child molesters of Northern Nigeria should be identified as the zexual offenders and serial paedophiles that they are, such that they will be BARRED from travel to the civilized nations of the world, and perhaps even subjected to international arrest warrants for advocating crimes against children. These animals are the scum of the Earth, and should be caged accordingly

peppy luv: Goin tru pples comment al I cud do was smile and wonder y muslims think their women are holy!point of correction I was born and brought up in d north so I knw u guys are bunch of hypocrites.sleepin with underage grls is not a new thing and most southerns who didn't grow up or ever bein to d north wudnt knw until yerima's case. Our security men while we were stil living in kano always slpt wit those small grls that hawk groudnut and they wil b so wicked that they take "buruntachi" b4 mounting those grls which wil make them last for over 4hrs on those little grls and cuz my window was close to the gate,u hear those grls pleading and screaming "wayo allah" but those men wudnt stop but promising them marriage!
For d educated ones,they are lesbians drug addicts(always high on codine)especialy those shuwa arabs and u see them in slow motion not knwin its codine but think they are reserved! (Thunder fire reserve)I hv proof with d ones I schooled with in Unibuja and they dnt associate much with xtains so u wudnt knw their secret
Until I met one young hajiya,d 3rd wife of a prominent man(no need to mention her name)she approached me as a lesbian and when she found out I wasn't she almost bought me a car to shut me up,I declined and didn't expose her then she opened up on d hypocrisy in islam and told me why most of them are lesbians is cuz of d polygamous nature of their homes and most of these men are too weak to satisfy 4 and since they can't bring in male frnds they bring in female lesbians and their husbands wil think its just a coursemate!
Go into a cosmectic shop and ask the sales boy or grl d pple who buy V tighteners d most and they wil tel u its d muslim grls,even an Imam's wife then in unibuja was selling it to those unmarried grls,one of them evn bought it for me and said if I use it and a man touches me,he wil neva leave me,my pple d thing wil not only make u tight but also serve as love potion!!!!pls what do u need that 4 if u r not a serial bleeper!
Sometym ago we heard of artificial virginity in saudi and some arab countries whr their ladies who hv lost their virginity b4 marriage go 4 surgery to close up d hymen! Na wa o! Who is fooling who?
Muslim grls are runs grls but becos they dnt realy date xtains u wudnt knw and with their polygamous nature they become one of d wives.
Who has heard of one Aisha grl(4gotn her surname) a big tym runs grl in kd,her plate numbers read Aisha1,Aisha2 and so on abi na mohammed send her those cars 4rm paradise!
Muslims pls Quit d pretence,u can't fool us with ur hijab and wrapper dressing!or is it ur men Allah kiyaye! No comment cuz u knw ursef!
Happy fasting.

my sister i agree with u on this one. i av lived among them too. But wat am not sure of is,is it a northern/arab culture that has mix with islam or is it an original islamic doctrine/culture?? Let the muslim come and explian dis na

Bible never condem paedophilie.so anybody who use bible to support their claim that bible condem paedophile is a very big lair.bible say once a boy or a girl is mature let him or her get marry. Even some girls at age of 22 they were not even mature while some at age of 15 have mature.18yrs minimum is western decision is not biblical.so if u marry a girl dat is not mature wether she is 22 or 15,you have sin.i think marrying an immature girl is totally crazy.allow her to get mature and acquire some social knowledges that will help her to withstand what it takes to be a parent,mother,wife and also carrying of pregnance.am a christian,i hate when christians use bible to condem underage(below 18-15).am an igbo-man its our culture.but i did not accept it due to some medical implications.

sobaemma: if this will be our own gay marriage its ok,the underage tin is not that bad compare to gay

Are u for real? Seriously?! A 60 year old man with a 9yr old girl. Please don't say that again. Disgusting!

I don't support these senators but then again it is their life. If they choose to be like this na them sabi so far say e no affect me or my family.

Empower her with a PEN and not with the overpowering thrust of ur PENISSS

peppy luv: Goin tru pples comment al I cud do was smile and wonder y muslims think their women are holy!point of correction I was born and brought up in d north so I knw u guys are bunch of hypocrites.sleepin with underage grls is not a new thing and most southerns who didn't grow up or ever bein to d north wudnt knw until yerima's case. Our security men while we were stil living in kano always slpt wit those small grls that hawk groudnut and they wil b so wicked that they take "buruntachi" b4 mounting those grls which wil make them last for over 4hrs on those little grls and cuz my window was close to the gate,u hear those grls pleading and screaming "wayo allah" but those men wudnt stop but promising them marriage!
For d educated ones,they are lesbians drug addicts(always high on codine)especialy those shuwa arabs and u see them in slow motion not knwin its codine but think they are reserved! (Thunder fire reserve)I hv proof with d ones I schooled with in Unibuja and they dnt associate much with xtains so u wudnt knw their secret
Until I met one young hajiya,d 3rd wife of a prominent man(no need to mention her name)she approached me as a lesbian and when she found out I wasn't she almost bought me a car to shut me up,I declined and didn't expose her then she opened up on d hypocrisy in islam and told me why most of them are lesbians is cuz of d polygamous nature of their homes and most of these men are too weak to satisfy 4 and since they can't bring in male frnds they bring in female lesbians and their husbands wil think its just a coursemate!
Go into a cosmectic shop and ask the sales boy or grl d pple who buy V tighteners d most and they wil tel u its d muslim grls,even an Imam's wife then in unibuja was selling it to those unmarried grls,one of them evn bought it for me and said if I use it and a man touches me,he wil neva leave me,my pple d thing wil not only make u tight but also serve as love potion!!!!pls what do u need that 4 if u r not a serial bleeper!
Sometym ago we heard of artificial virginity in saudi and some arab countries whr their ladies who hv lost their virginity b4 marriage go 4 surgery to close up d hymen! Na wa o! Who is fooling who?
Muslim grls are runs grls but becos they dnt realy date xtains u wudnt knw and with their polygamous nature they become one of d wives.
Who has heard of one Aisha grl(4gotn her surname) a big tym runs grl in kd,her plate numbers read Aisha1,Aisha2 and so on abi na mohammed send her those cars 4rm paradise!
Muslims pls Quit d pretence,u can't fool us with ur hijab and wrapper dressing!or is it ur men Allah kiyaye! No comment cuz u knw ursef!
Happy fasting.

see opening of nyash.

Babaji111: It depends on how fast a girl is growing to determine whether she is "ripe" enough to take a man. If a girl is said to be under age for marriage why don't we control under age sex in our society? Do all girls below 18 are virgins? Why don't we focus on something more important than under age marriage bill? What are the Senators doing about the deplorable state of our roads, bad physical infrastructures in our schools and hospitals, unemployment, insecurity...etc? Do we need a saint to tell us that we have a hell lot of problems in our country or should we just forget about our present and future livelihood?

that is to say,u support them ba? I bet your one of their offsprings.these girls dnt consent to these marriages, that's legalizing rape and u r here talking abt bad roads. U need get a head check. Anumanu

there is no too much doubt... almost all of the names are Musa, Mohammed, Arhmed and d likes so its obvious dat dey wil want dat... if dem like make dem marry 10yrs gal

slow minded shameless peverts,taking our dear country back in the name of RELIGION.GOD WILL JUDGE U PEOPLE.WHO KNWS THE KID OF RITUAL U DO WTH SUCH AN UNCIVILISED ACT..................GOSH

[/b]quote author=Ayoobscom]The Underaged girl
She will not be fornicating like u

[b]Cos married people. Dnt do adultery ?
She will not go into prostitution like you
Cos underage marriage is d way out of prostitution? Mumu, 75% of prostitution is attributed 2 poverty I guess in ur village only single people are poor
She will not practice yearly abortion like you
What about d issue of VVF? Na only single ladies dey do abortion?
She will not be visiting babalawo looking for husband like you
Only low esteem ladies of ur type dey visit babalawo because dnt have anything to offer a man Dan to dey pour out pikin like pigs
She will enjoy legal marriage and early bath
What is dere to enjoy?bn 4uck by a disgusting person old enough to be ur grandfather or what is d bliss of underage marriage wen u don't hv a saying over who to marry ?
The underage will attain puberty before being intimate with
She will not be victim of many heartbreaks
Mumu, na. Only single people dey get heartbreak? What about divorce, Dat1 na enjoyment ba? Or bringing anoda wife, dat1 na happiness?
She will not be victim of Hiv like you
Cos d say na only single people dey get am
Let us be objective in our reasoning bcoz at least I ve more than 12 christians stalking to date me some of them despirate if they were given out at tender age they will not become this halfused,overdecorated and oversampled mammywater that they have become
Bird of a feather flock together, only retarded people like u will wish to hv u as their husband.

They wake up with furry of lack of love
Cos early marriage or underage marriage is a gurantee of love
They wake up with million heartaches of irrepearable past
Married or single nobody is immuned against dat
They wake up with waning hope of ever getting a honest man
Are u dat stupid or dumb? So underage marriage provide honest man[/b]
They go to bed with neighbors,strangers just incse might get the ring
I dnt blame u, ua surrounded by low esteem and fools of ur caliber dat why u think everybody sleep around looking for a ring

They develop into monster seeing goes men as rogue and worthless liars
Are they lieing? Are some men not rogue and liars

So what is your argument before you rant without logic
D argument is dat people with ur way of thinking dnt belong among human, zoo is ur destination

Those who voted were the only Godsent in the house...
With people like u Nigeria is doomed.
So shut d smelly mouth.....
[/quote]

The northern Part of Nigeria will become like afganistan, where girls and woman have no rights.

Did you hear the story from Bibi Aisha the girl without nose - read her story - she have to marry with 12 years, she run away because a dog had a better life than she had with her husband. She stay 6 month in a womans home in Afganistan, when the family of her husband told her that they will forget that she run away, they take her home and than they bringher out of the house in the mountains and cut her nose and hear ears and let her in the maontains. Read her story. She is now in America and they make her a new nose.

It is a shame and the northern part of nigferia will become a second afganistan.

Woman of Nigeria please let the people outside your country know about this law, and now Nigeria will become the country where this Child-molester can travel because they can make it legaly there, and i know there will be many men who will sell there little girls to this child-molester because they see only the money they get.

In Nigeria is all about money and that will be soon the next big business and the law is on there side.

[/b]quote author=Ayoobscom]The Underaged girl
She will not be fornicating like u

[b]Cos married people. Dnt do adultery ?
She will not go into prostitution like you
Cos underage marriage is d way out of prostitution? Mumu, 75% of prostitution is attributed 2 poverty I guess in ur village only single people are poor
She will not practice yearly abortion like you
What about d issue of VVF? Na only single ladies dey do abortion?
She will not be visiting babalawo looking for husband like you
Only low esteem ladies of ur type dey visit babalawo because dnt have anything to offer a man Dan to dey pour out pikin like pigs
She will enjoy legal marriage and early bath
What is dere to enjoy?bn 4uck by a disgusting person old enough to be ur grandfather or what is d bliss of underage marriage wen u don't hv a saying over who to marry ?
The underage will attain puberty before being intimate with
She will not be victim of many heartbreaks
Mumu, na. Only single people dey get heartbreak? What about divorce, Dat1 na enjoyment ba? Or bringing anoda wife, dat1 na happiness?
She will not be victim of Hiv like you
Cos d say na only single people dey get am
Let us be objective in our reasoning bcoz at least I ve more than 12 christians stalking to date me some of them despirate if they were given out at tender age they will not become this halfused,overdecorated and oversampled mammywater that they have become
Bird of a feather flock together, only retarded people like u will wish to hv u as their husband.

They wake up with furry of lack of love
Cos early marriage or underage marriage is a gurantee of love
They wake up with million heartaches of irrepearable past
Married or single nobody is immuned against dat
They wake up with waning hope of ever getting a honest man
[/b]Are u dat stupid or dumb? So underage marriage provide honest man[/b]
They go to bed with neighbors,strangers just incse might get the ring
I dnt blame u, ua surrounded by low esteem and fools of ur caliber dat why u think everybody sleep around looking for a ring

They develop into monster seeing goes men as rogue and worthless liars
Are they lieing? Are some men not rogue and liars

So what is your argument before you rant without logic
D argument is dat people with ur way of thinking dnt belong among human, zoo is ur destination

Those who voted were the only Godsent in the house...
With people like u Nigeria is doomed.
So shut d smelly mouth.....
[/quote]

Somewhere around the National Assembly, a senator just seized a 12 year old girl's pen and gave her penis.


We'll Insist That Our Daughters Be Sent To School And Not To Infant Marriages.

Education is the bedrock of every society, and the education of the girl child is as important as that of her male counterpart. We therefore are surprised that Nigeria's Senate didn't consider making it mandatory for every girl child below 18 to be in school. Instead, they gave a legislative seal of approval for the marriage of underage girls.

That means even a 5 year old toddler could be married off by her parents.

Nigerians of all tribes and religions have rejected this, and therefore undertake to stand against the state-sanctioned abuse of the girl child. Today, Saturday, 20th July, 2013, we'll be signing a petition that'll be forwarded to the National Assembly, Abuja.

If you are in Abuja, the venue is: Unity Fountain, by Transcorp Hilton. Also the Park. Time is: 9am-12noon. For those in Lagos, the venues are: 1. Ojeez Restaurant, National Stadium Surulere. 2. Alausa Park, Opposite Lagos State Governor's Office, Ikeja. 3. The Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki 4. New African Shrine, Agidingbi, Ikeja. 5. Arrangements are still on-going for those in Festac Town and it's environs.

Time is 9am-12noon.We also ask you to volunteer your time to help us take papers to churches and mosques for signing. We need to gather as much signatures as we can push for within just 2 days. Millions of them, if we can, will speak more than mere thousands. And if the millions are in their tens, then better.
tell any living person beside you. We will save the girl child. She's a #ChildNotBride. #NaPikinNoBeWife. #MJFSS..JESKI

deols:

Are you serious? Closer to 16?

You obviously are so far from reality. Speak to those much more privileged little ones attending the expensive private PRImARY schools and ask about their first kiss(es).
They are having sex as soon as they are in JSS1. Not all of them of course. But many.

So, you think they are better off because they are simply having sex and not married? In Islam that kind of sex is not allowed and if they must, they have to be married. The marriage doesnt have to be to a 'grandfather' It could be to someone closer in age to them. To drive your point, you seem to be mentioning the older men and divorce as if it happens just like that. That Yerima divorced his wife doesnt make it the norm. I am surprised that too many people here wont rationalise that.

There has been too much of propaganda on these kinds of issues. The press gets busy and happy to blow it beyond proportions. While it does happen that girl marry at young ages, those who marry later are much more.

That the girls dont consent is a fallacy. When something is the norm somewhere, they look forward to it. As an example, despite female genital mutilation being painful , girls did it on themselves after it was outlawed in Kenya in 1956 as a show of defiance to the law.They hated that their rite of passage wouldnt be carried out. It is a matter of indoctrination and nothing proves that the girls dont consent/look forward to it.

Of course VVF is real. But is it even the only kind of fistula that exists?Would you stop people from having children because of the possibility of having children with birth defects? Risks arent so measurable.

Actually, I am not an advocate of too early marriage. Early marriage isnt entirely bad

I just don't see the point in all of the noise. Whatever energy to be spent on this should be on education which can be much more helpful.

Ur daugther will get married at the age of 9.she will have 6 kids b4 she gets to 16. She will go to school with them. Nothing wrong with early marriage afterall.

Nigeria women, this is a shame on you. You fight on things that of less iMportant and ignore the most important ones. You fight to be the head of your house , to rule the country, to be ministers. While the women of tomorow is being molested by the so called rich and noting is being done about it. Like OBJ"I cross my leg" I will see what we end the life of womanhood in this country. Nigeria women should protest against this,in national assemble

deols:

Are you serious? Closer to 16?

You obviously are so far from reality. Speak to those much more privileged little ones attending the expensive private PRImARY schools and ask about their first kiss(es).
They are having sex as soon as they are in JSS1. Not all of them of course. But many.

So, you think they are better off because they are simply having sex and not married? In Islam that kind of sex is not allowed and if they must, they have to be married. The marriage doesnt have to be to a 'grandfather' It could be to someone closer in age to them. To drive your point, you seem to be mentioning the older men and divorce as if it happens just like that. That Yerima divorced his wife doesnt make it the norm. I am surprised that too many people here wont rationalise that.

There has been too much of propaganda on these kinds of issues. The press gets busy and happy to blow it beyond proportions. While it does happen that girl marry at young ages, those who marry later are much more.

That the girls dont consent is a fallacy. When something is the norm somewhere, they look forward to it. As an example, despite female genital mutilation being painful , girls did it on themselves after it was outlawed in Kenya in 1956 as a show of defiance to the law.They hated that their rite of passage wouldnt be carried out. It is a matter of indoctrination and nothing proves that the girls dont consent/look forward to it.

Of course VVF is real. But is it even the only kind of fistula that exists?Would you stop people from having children because of the possibility of having children with birth defects? Risks arent so measurable.

Actually, I am not an advocate of too early marriage. Early marriage isnt entirely bad

I just don't see the point in all of the noise. Whatever energy to be spent on this should be on education which can be much more helpful.

Ur daugther will get married at the age of 9.she will have 6 kids b4 she gets to 16. She will go to school with them. Nothing wrong with early marriage afterall.

This just doesn't make any sense at all. How is it that our representatives at the highest level of law making in this country were so pre-occupied with consenting to this kind of wicked law when we have other pressing matters of urgent national importance impacting negatively on the society that they need to deliberate upon?

Most of them are from the North. That part of the country really need to have the heads of their leaders/representatives examined.

This is barbaric, infact I dont kniw what other words to use. Well am not surprised, most re frm the north, exept fir one bastard s west senator. As long as we re letting religious sentiment cloud our judgment, there will all be problem

im not surprised we have Yoruba backstabbers in the list. IT IS THEIR NATURE TO BE COWARDLY.

This is inviting trouble, wen it was illegal, old men dey nack and rape small girls.
Niw that u re legalizing it, it will just worsen it.
Only God will save us frm the northerners and religious sentiments.

[quote author=demmy55]The word UNDERAGE is enough to tell a fool it is improper.

It will be a slap on a fool's face to call dem one.
A beta word shld be added to the dictionary to qualify them.

But they remain fools for the mean time

But underage can be raped? Go to hospital to confirm the rate at which your so-called teenagers get impregnated, then you know those teenagers know what you don't know.

kudos to indefatigle senators who stand for Islam despite the storm. What do you expect from senators who claim to be Muslims but know nothing about Islam. I don't know why they can't take us with our religion, Islam

The prophet (sallallahu alayhi was-salaam) said non-muslims will never agree with you Muslims until you concede to their believes

I am not surprised. These are the people that needed to be flushed. Out of the Nigeria government

Abujabir24: Nairalanders or should I say Nigerians. I don't you people's problem. please tell me which do you prefer? a girl between 13 and 18 constantly committing fornication with countless men, throwing away her dignity or that same girl getting married to just one man keeping her dignity? some of you here would love to sleep with underage girls courtesy of the sex threads by our corners or those who have served already. It's better for a girl to get married at an early age than her to get deflowered by some bunch of bastards.

I'll prefer when a girl is given the right to choose..prostitute or not. Don't steal a girl's childhood

Girl child marriage is a NO NO! Endorsed by concerned mothers.

This is wickedness in High places!

One problem is that, these child brides are often abandoned once they get VVF (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicovaginal_fistula).
These evil men will then marry another child bride on the grounds that the former "smells" and can not be presented in public with them.

If you have been to the constituencies of these "SINators", you will understand.

May God Deliver Nigeria!

An Edo Man on the list ..I cant believe my eyes.....is dis man really an Edo man or an outcast? No it cant be true