Dear Honourable Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, This is to humbly bring to your notice that child marriage is neither a form…
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several gender advocates condemned the support of the mass wedding of 100 girls by the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Honorable Abdulmalik Sarkindaji
The Speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly, Honorable Abdulmalik Sarkindaji on Tuesday said that he will not attend the mas wedding of 100 girls orphaned by banditry in Mariga local government area.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and sought a court injunction to stop the Speaker of the Niger State Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji from marrying off 100 orphaned girls.
According to him, the initiative aims to extend the programme’s benefit to professional groups, including members of the media.
The Kano State Government on Friday conducted a mass wedding of 3,600 men and women across the 44 local government areas of the state.
The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has procured furniture and other materials for the wedding of 1,800 intending couples under its mass wedding scheme.