Ogun Women Protest Against Early Marriage

[Shola Sholaz]

Hundreds of women, yesterday, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, rained curses on persons who marry underaged girls, urging President Goodluck Jonathan to join them in the fight against early marriage.
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The women, under the aegis of Concerned Women Forum, drawn from various women groups, market women, religious groups, and civil society groups across the state, staged a protest at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.
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The Senate has been criticised over a bill popularly referred to as early marriage bill which was condemned by many stakeholders.
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However, The Senate has denied existence of such a bill.
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The women carried placards with various inscriptions such as "Give us education, not marriage"; "Child marriage is barbaric, no to it"; "Woe to husbands of underage, they are evil" and "Ogun children, reject child marriage."

[Folami David]

Not only Ogun State women should do this...Women all over Nigeria should protest against this cos it is not RIGHT!