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

Wife of Nigeria’s president-
elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari says no
gir
l 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