{"id":2263,"date":"2013-07-20T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2013-07-20T13:07:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T13:07:58","slug":"no-to-under-age-marriage-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/no-to-under-age-marriage-law\/","title":{"rendered":"No To Under-Age Marriage Law!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When this email\/petition was sent to me, I knew I had to endorse and share it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since I saw the email I cannot remain mute about the current bill passed, the vote on the constitution amendment bill which caused an uproar in the senate this past Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe contentious provision, Section 29, allows citizens who are of age to renounce Nigerian citizenship if they wish. For that purpose, the constitution says, 18-year-olds and above shall be considered to be \u201cof age\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, a woman or girl who is married, shall also be considered to be of age- a section that could be interpreted to imply that even a day old child, once married, shall be considered to be of age.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tricky part is:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat this section, when referenced in the larger picture will make a pedophile, who marries even an 8 year old (as I have seen in Nigeria) “not liable because his “CHILD Wife” is automatically considered an adult. The likes of him will immediately point you to section 29, subsection 4b that says – “any woman who is married shall be “deemed to be of “full age.””<\/span><\/p>\n

The child that got married did not chose to do so on her own will, she was forced into marriage and should not be deemed an adult as a result..<\/span><\/p>\n

Nigerians, it is time to lend your voices, sign the petition and share your thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

We need to protect the girl child from incessant abuse. Take a minute to sign the petition that was started\u00a0here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"I am Stephanie Linus and I support the \u202a#\u200eChildNotBride\u202c movement in Nigeria!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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