Wednesday, 25 May 2016

EMIR SANUSI PROPAGATES BAN ON CHILD MARRIAGE


Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has advocated a ban on marriage of women below 18 years, saying most of the women suffering from reproductive health challenges were products of such marriages.

According to Premium Times, the emir, who spoke at a workshop organised by the Northern Islamic Forum in Kano on Tuesday, said time had come when the Muslim community should live by the reality of economic recession and consequences of early marriage.

He said the era when people gave out their daughters in marriage at early ages and asked the husbands to wait till they were ripe was nothing but a deception.

According to Mr. Sanusi, that strategy no longer worked as it had led to cases of divorce and other ugly situations.

The Emir called on the relevant authorities to create a law that would punish anybody that gave birth to children and allowed them to suffer as most of such children end up as social miscreants. 

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