We Won't Be Blackmailed Into Legalizing Gay
Marriage-FG
The Federal Government,yesterday, declared
before the United Nations Human Rights Council,
that it will not bow to international pressure to
allow same sex marriage in the country. The
government argued that it is not only against the
cultural and traditional values of Nigerians but
that 92 percent of Nigerians support the Anti
Same-Sex Marriage Bill passed by the Senate.
Nigeria also accused foreign countries of
sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgency in some
parts of the country even as it justified the
execution of death row inmates in the country,
contending that it was in accordance with
Nigerian laws.
Defending Nigeria’s human rights record at the
on-going 17th session of the Universal Peer
Review, UPR, mechanism of the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, the
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr
Mohammed Adoke, SAN, said “Nigeria does not
accept recommendation of some countries on
same sex marriage, because it is against its
national values. Recent polling data suggests
that 92 percent of Nigerians support the Anti
Same-Sex Marriage Bill passed by the Senate
Change Is Inevitable!