A bill for an Act to amend Federal Character Commission (FCC) Act to give married women the option to choose indigenehip and other related matters passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Edward Pwajok (Plateau-APC) seeks to address the issue of indigenship of married women in the country. Leading the debate, Pwajok said the extant law was discriminatory against women as a man’s indegenship was never questioned even when he married many wives.

The lawmaker said married women had been subjected to psychological trauma on the legal uncertainty of their indigenous identity in the country.

He added that upon marriage, women’s status remained unclear as to whether they were indigenes of their father’s or husband’s homeland.

According to him, women in public service are usually confronted with the dilemma during promotion into directorate cadre.

“We are witnesses to how the promotion of a female justice was delayed on account of indigenship,” he said. Pwajok said there had been several efforts, including an attempt to alter the constitution to resolve the situation but did not succeed.

The legislator said the culture could be patriarchal but democracy and civilisation should give married women the option of choosing where to belong to.

He noted that if the bill was passed into law, the National Assembly would have solved the problem without altering the constitution.

However, Rep. Sylvester Ogbaga (Ebonyi-PDP) said the bill was misguided, adding that there was no need to allow women to make the choice of indigenship.

He argued that once a woman got married to a man, the two had become one and should share in the origin of the man as presently constituted.

Other legislators contributed against and in favour of the bill. Consequently, the Speaker of the House, Rep. Yakubu Dogara, referred the bill to the Committee on Federal Character for further legislative actions. (NAN)

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Women will likely pick what ever affords them best economic benefit assuming they work government job where this matters.

State of origin is stupid concept anyway. We should just focus on residence just like United States. Example if you move to Texas newly you will pay out of state tuition fee for university. After living her 12 months you qualify for instate tuition just like every other Texan. (Just do it before registration)

Another example I can add is office holding. Hillary Clinton was born and raised in Chicago Illinois but she became a New York Senator because lived their long enough to qualify.

What's all the fuss about women history and lives changing over night because of marriage? First it's their name, and also indigeneship?

This is what happen when you vote rogues as law maker, this is misplaced priority,instead of this so called miscreant to be debating on issues that affect national security and economic development they are there debating on irrelevant issue,how I wish the issues could lead to filibuster

God bless the lawmaker that brought this bill.The woman has every right to choose for herself the one she wants.As for the Ebonyi lawmaker he should go and sit down and let the women choose for themselves.I can't believe some of the lawmakers we have in this country are chauvinistic and misogynistic.

Soon we'll have a bill to allow women choose which market they can buy food stuff.
Jobless lawmakers!

Ladyhippolyta88:
God bless the lawmaker that brought this bill.The woman has every right to choose for herself the one she wants.As for the Ebonyi lawmaker he should go and sit down and let the women choose for themselves.I can't believe some of the lawmakers we have in this country are chauvinistic and misogynistic.

Which origin would you choose if you had choice and why?

Blue3k2:


Which origin would you choose if you had choice and why?

Na my papa own.I love my village the people and places are so interesting and fun.Even when I am married na my current location I go still choose no going back.I don't need to be given any choice na my original I go go with any time and day.

Once they brainwash n convert, they make the she adopt their state. We are not strong enough for some laws yet.

Ladyhippolyta88:
God bless the lawmaker that brought this bill.The woman has every right to choose for herself the one she wants.As for the Ebonyi lawmaker he should go and sit down and let the women choose for themselves.I can't believe some of the lawmakers we have in this country are chauvinistic and misogynistic.

Can you see what we discussed the first time we met, i said if more women look intoexisting laws and look for ways to make ammendments and improvements,the female gender has a lot to gain, this is good, it helps in many scenarios where marriage becomes hell, " porting " may be necessitated under such conditions, but then expect it to be abused. But then, good luck to you and your sisters. Fantastic bill, you should come up with stuvs like this oh baby lawyer, your generation is counting on you to make a tangible contribution

Abeokuta would always be Abeokuta
Aba would remain Aba

Nigeria and misplaced priorities. How will this affect the country positively? Is it part of our problems lately? Are the lawmakers this idle that they don't have important bills to work on? This country called Naija don tire person seriously.

CaptainJeffry:
Nigeria and misplaced priorities. How will this affect the country positively? Is it part of our problems lately? Are the lawmakers this idle that they don't have important bills to work on? This country called Naija don tire person seriously.

Shyte i just remembered you, do you still need answer to that dream ?

Your friend's wife's dream

Ladyhippolyta88:
God bless the lawmaker that brought this bill.The woman has every right to choose for herself the one she wants.As for the Ebonyi lawmaker he should go and sit down and let the women choose for themselves.I can't believe some of the lawmakers we have in this country are chauvinistic and misogynistic.

Nothing like choosing here
Once you get married
Automatically you are one with your husband

Jupxter:



Shyte i just remembered you, do you still need answer to that dream ?

Your friend's wife's dream

If the dream na death, my cousin for don die since naa.

Oya bring your interpretation come, still valuable. Tnx.

Ladyhippolyta88:
God bless the lawmaker that brought this bill.The woman has every right to choose for herself the one she wants.As for the Ebonyi lawmaker he should go and sit down and let the women choose for themselves.I can't believe some of the lawmakers we have in this country are chauvinistic and misogynistic.

I think the bill will be unconstitutional.
The constitution implies men and women are equal and so the converse should apply to men other wise it implies women are not equal

CaptainJeffry:
If the dream na death, my cousin for don die since naa.

Oya bring your interpretation come, still valuable. Tnx.

Lol. Its not death at all. Its even the reverse na good luck o.

Omg ou force me type, i didnt want to type much

Apparently the guy hasnt been doing the dad's remeberance for a long time, that's even if he did it atall since the man died

The old man is saying i want to "fight " for my son so he can get some blessings that are stuck especially in case of finance and unfinished projects

the dad means to say he's weak at the moment and he cant do much. Tell him to organise a remembrance to the life of his dad, it is best done by a pastor who supervises 3-5k can get it done, and let him watch the difference in everything concerning him over the next one year

The interpretation is sure...I dey sure say the guy will have fluctuations, or his projects dont get completed, i dont want to get super spiritual here, tell him to do a remembrance and watch the result over the next one year...Tell him the spirit pof his dad need to be re-strengthened, he needs to do the remembrance

zombieTRACKER:


Nothing like choosing here
Once you get married
Automatically you are one with your husband

By law or by what? We are talking matters of law here which are not subject to whim.
The law in Nigeria applies to everyone whether Muslim Christian or atheist and so must me neutral.
Why not the husband become one with his wife?
Why the wife become one with husband?
What is the underlying philosophy

The starting point for this should not be wives but children.
In the case of marriage it should apply equally to husband and wife with the additional criteria or habitual residence for a set term in the adoptive state

Jobless people, is this what is bothering nigerians? Instead of you guys to address meaniful things that will affect our lives positively.

plsi do not understand the essence of this bill

Shoro niyen

So this one follow for problem? Smh!

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Act to give married women the option to choose indigenehip and other related matters passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Why pay dowry when

Motherfuckers, they're busy passing irrelevant bills when we have contending issues at hand.

commendable.

Misplaced priority

Jupxter:



Lol. Its not death at all. Its even the reverse na good luck o.

Omg ou force me type, i didnt want to type much

Apparently the guy hasnt been doing the dad's remeberance for a long time, that's even if he did it atall since the man died

The old man is saying i want to "fight " for my son so he can get some blessings that are stuck especially in case of finance and unfinished projects

the dad means to say he's weak at the moment and he cant do much. Tell him to organise a remembrance to the life of his dad, it is best done by a pastor who supervises 3-5k can get it done, and let him watch the difference in everything concerning him over the next one year

The interpretation is sure...I dey sure say the guy will have fluctuations, or his projects dont get completed, i dont want to get super spiritual here, tell him to do a remembrance and watch the result over the next one year...Tell him the spirit pof his dad need to be re-strengthened, he needs to do the remembrance

Hmmm bro, are you a pastor? Tnx for this insight. The little I know about my cousin and her husband, you just described them. Mehn, Nairaland is blessed with people oo, I'm gonna stop abusing people as a way of having fun.

Blue3k2:
Women will likely pick what ever affords them best economic benefit assuming they work government job where this matters.

State of origin is stupid concept anyway. We sjould just focus on residence just like United States. Example if you move to Texas newly you will pay out of state tuition fee for university. After living her 18 months you wualify for instate tuition just like every other Texan.

Now you are talking.

All I want is for them to remove state of origin from CV and employment