Aisha Buhari Says No Girl Should Be Married Before The Age Of 17

Wife of Nigeria’s president-elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari says no
girl should be married before age 17.
According to her, girls who are of 18 to 20 years old are
better matured to give birth to a child than those who are 17
and below.
Mrs Buhari said this while speaking to Channels TV at the
side-line of the Global Women Conference held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina shortly after her presentation on the
danger women and girl child contend with daily. She
pushed for legislation against early marriage..
“We have heard so much from the Ministers of Women
affairs from different countries.
We are trying to tally it with what is happening in Nigeria,
to find out how we are lacking and in which aspect of
women affairs that we are lacking and the ones that we
have gone ahead. I think so far its quite encouraging.
We just need to put everything in practice than being in
theory.
If the government can stand up and say every girl child
must attend basic primary and secondary school education
before getting married.
I think nobody, no girl should be married before the age of
17 because if you really attend secondary school, you will
have to be like 16 and 17 and I think by the time you are
18- 20, its quite a moderate time of having a child”she said

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