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Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by orjifavour(f): 9:44am On Jul 23, 2013
who cares, if given opportunity they will still marry an underage, anyway am just an observer
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by taiwobr: 9:49am On Jul 23, 2013
akinyelure knows that ondo is one of the most intellectual state in nigeria,let him just be blabbing;the ondo people knows hw to deal wt people like him.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Nobody: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2013
emekus_2013: this topic disgusts me. I'm Emeka and i just moved to lagos.Hoping to meet some nice girls here. Just flash and i'd call you back 08167375530. No underaged girls pls. lol

The topic disgusts u yet u entered page 4..r u a learner??
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Fitzy4real(m): 10:04am On Jul 23, 2013
babagy82:
Sorry for your f***king self u
baaztard

What a pity...
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by gulfer: 10:06am On Jul 23, 2013
This senator must be one of those back benchers that we always see sleeping during sessions. He probably was not attentive and just said 'aye' from dreamland. This should serve as a lesson to other sleeping senators that are just earning fat seating allowances without a meaningful contribution to ongoing debates in the house.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ceejayluv(m): 10:20am On Jul 23, 2013
naptu2:

1) There were already many underage wives when Aminu Kano made the proposal in 1979 and there was no Child Rights Act. Also note that the subsection does not legalise the act of marrying a child. It only addresses the issue of girls that are already married.

2) Read this article. It has a list of states that have passed the Child Rights Act and those that have not. It also speculates the reasons why it has not been passed in some states.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/nigerian-child-and-the-child-rights-act/

Kudos. pls educate our peeps. Everybody just jumped into the #childNotBride bandwagon without even studying the crux of the matter.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ceejayluv(m): 10:35am On Jul 23, 2013
MuyiGL: Who is this man's PR that can't write proper English?

That being said, we Nigerians's aren't fools. Why would the constitution have to clearly state that "a married woman is deemed to be of full age to renounce her CITIZENSHIP". Doesn't that imply that woman is underage in the first place? Or does a 30 year-old woman become "unfull" of age after she marries?

What we want is for that clause to be removed. Simple.
If he voted for it not to be removed, he by extension voted for underage marriage.
dude, the issue of age of marriage is entirely different. underage marriage is only possible if the law permits it. In many climes, already pregnant teens are allowed to marry (with parental consent, of course). And if the spouse in question is a foreigner, doesn't she have the right to adopt the spouse's nationality? Such girl can be considered an emancipated minor, per se..
If at all the marriageable age should be amended, it's definitely not in that section/clause...
Let's be rational please. I only blame the senator for cowering under pressure. He should have just given his reasons for voting No and sensitise his people on what actually transpired instead of apologising for doing nothing wrong.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by gabmid(f): 10:44am On Jul 23, 2013
Please if I may ask..... his he sure he was not sleeping in the house? cos he sld not talk as if his talkin to fools cos we are not.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ceejayluv(m): 10:48am On Jul 23, 2013
gabmid: Please if I may ask..... his he sure he was not sleeping in the house? cos he sld not talk as if his talkin to fools cos we are not.
Well, I just hope you understand what actually happened.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ono(m): 11:41am On Jul 23, 2013
naptu2: The 1979 constitution did not contain provisions for renunciation of citizenship. During constitutional review debates in 1979 Aminu Kano (the leader of the PRP) felt that the age of 18 years used in subsection 4a was an arbitrary western concept of maturity. The legislators in 1979 at the time agreed with the PRP argument and subsection 4b was included.

That section has been in the constitution since then. It reads thus (I've also included subsection 4):

29. (1) Any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

(a) "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.


The constitution is currently being amended and rights groups have called for the deletion of subsection 4b.

You need 2/3rds majority of votes in the senate, house of representatives and 2/3rds of all the state houses of assembly in order to amend the constitution.

2/3rds of the senators present at that time = 73 votes. The senate voted and more than 73 senators voted that 4b should be deleted. The senate moved on to other clauses.

A while later, Senator Yerima raised a point of order that subsection 4b cannot be deleted because deleting it is against islamic law. He stated that in islam, a woman is deemed to be of full age once she has gotten married. The Senate President, David Mark, reminded Yerima that the Senate has a tradition that it does not re-visit a clause once it has been voted on, but Senator Yerima continued to protest.

Eventually the Senate President agreed to hold a second vote. This time 60 senators voted that the subsection should be removed, while 35 voted that it should not be removed. They couldn't get 2/3rds majority.

Section 4b stands.


I wonder why Mark agreed to hold a second vote.


Some have said that the ambiguity in section 4b could lead to the legalisation of marriages of people under the age of 18. However, others argue that it won't because, according to the Child Rights Act, it is illegal to marry anyone below the age of 18. The marriage would be illegal at the time it is being contracted, while section 4b deals with a woman that is already married. But note that the Child Rights Act has only been domesticated in 24 states.

1. Can we have the list of the other 12 states where the Child Rights Act is not domesticated?
2. Is Zamfara state among these 12 states?
3. It would appear to the discerning minds that the sought amendment could impact negatively on child-marriage adventures of pedophilic senators (e.g. Yerima) back home, hence their push for clause 4b not to be removed from the constitution.
4. These senators hide under the guise of ''citizenship renounciation'' to help them perpetrate their evil pedophilic acts.
5. Every wise meaning Nigerian should push for the deletion of clauses in the Nigerian Constitution that expose children to dangers from these beasts called lawmakers, to save our society from further harm. The Child Right Act MUST be made to come into full force in all the states of the Federation, so that the likes of Yerima and his ilks will be made to spend the rest of their miserable life behind bars.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by toluene12: 11:46am On Jul 23, 2013
ceejayluv:
dude, the issue of age of marriage is entirely different. underage marriage is only possible if the law permits it. In many climes, already pregnant teens are allowed to marry (with parental consent, of course). And if the spouse in question is a foreigner, doesn't she have the right to adopt the spouse's nationality? Such girl can be considered an emancipated minor, per se..
If at all the marriageable age should be amended, it's definitely not in that section/clause...
Let's be rational please. I only blame the senator for cowering under pressure. He should have just given his reasons for voting No and sensitise his people on what actually transpired instead of apologising for doing nothing wrong.

nice try, but u remain wrong.
If the issue is all about nationality of the bride, why not allow for dual citizenship (which i think nigeria constitution already approve) instead of renunciation.
Now, men from chad, niger, mali and sudan can enter nigeria, negotiate a childbride, force her to renounce her nationality and they are automatically protected by law. Our security agencies will not be able to stop the abuse because the girl is no longer a nigerian.
Telling a 13 yr old girl that she has a choice to renounce her citizenship is outright ridiculous because the only reason she would do just that is if she's compelled to by an adult. That law fails to protect any girl, rather it exposes her to agents of manipulation, exploitation and abuse. It's the duty of the state to protect these girls not expose them to men who wants to take advantage of their vulnerabilities. There's a reason the constitution states that you must be 18 yrs b4 u can own a vehicle license, vote or drink alcohol. That's the age u are deemed full age to make a choice. There should be no exemption.
This issue of ammendment is all about childbride and desperate attempt to seek constitutional backing for the barbaric act.
A stunt yerima dare not attempt in egypt, he wants to make it the norm here.
Don't be fooled.

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Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by delors(m): 11:56am On Jul 23, 2013
LEXYCOM: I need to marry oone of his under age daughters...
All of them don marry since they were 6yrs old...and at 13, dem don born like 4 pikins each...and at 20, dem don become grandmothers because dem pikins self don born again and again, so if you are still interested, well, I wont try to discourage you any further.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by fujirice: 11:57am On Jul 23, 2013
mannobi: he never realised it until he discovered no southwestern senator voted for it. WHAT A LOW IQ SENATOR. always think before u vote
More of a "follow follow" thingy! Na them full there o! The look on his face shows it all.
I know this house of reps member in one of the state house of assembly down here, this woman knows nada as in absolutely NADA but she was forced on her people by the then governor. Her own is to raise her hand when others(majority of people in the house) are raising and keeps it down when FEW people raised theirs. She's still in that house to date making laws for my people.........its just too sad!
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by naptu2: 12:04pm On Jul 23, 2013
I hope the anti-spam bot doesn't ban me.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by naptu2: 12:06pm On Jul 23, 2013
Part III (sections 21-40) of the Child Rights Act provides for the protection of the rights of the child through the prohibition of:-

child marriage, child betrothal, infliction of tattoos and skin marks, exposure to use, production, trafficking, etc of drugs and psychotropic substances, use of children in any criminal activity, abduction and unlawful removal and transfer of a child from lawful custody, forced, exploitative or hazardous child labour, including outlawry of employment of children as domestic helps outside their own home or family environment, buying, selling, hiring or otherwise dealing in children for the purpose of hawking, begging for alms, prostitution, unlawful sexual intercourse, other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation prejudicial to the welfare of the child.


http://www.abu.edu.ng/publications/2009-07-03-153800_3901.doc
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by naptu2: 12:11pm On Jul 23, 2013
[size=14pt]Nigerian child and the Child Rights Act[/size]
on June 29, 2010 at 7:49 pm

By Chinyere Amalu


Even though children all over the world are seen as the leaders of tomorrow, they are yet to be accorded the relevant and necessary attention they deserve to prepare them for this very important task ahead. Millions of them across the world suffer, treated with reckless abandon and impunity, or sold into child slavery.

Disturbed about this development, on 20th November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), whilst the OAU Assembly of Heads of States and Governments adopted the African Union Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (CRCW) in July 1990.

Nigeria has signed both International Instruments and had ratified them in 1991 and 2000 respectively. Both protocols reflect children as human beings and as subjects of their own rights.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) outlines the human rights to be respected and protected for every child under18 years and requires that these rights be implemented. Against this background, a draft of the Child Rights Bill aimed at principally enacting into Law in Nigeria the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the AU Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was prepared in the early 90s.

But it is only after about 10 years with several Heads of Government and heated debates by the Parliamentarians that the Bill was eventually passed into Law by the National Assembly in July 2003. It was assented to by the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in September 2003, and promulgated as the Child Rights Act 2003. The Act is a legal document that sets out the rights and responsibilities of a child in Nigeria and provides for a system of child justice administration.

However, more than seven years after, only 24 States in the country have passed the Act  for onward enforcement. These include; Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Delta, , Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kwara, Kogi, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba.

The implication of this passage ordinarily would mean that children are well protected and a breach of such act attracts a punishment to the offenders. But then the question is, even in these states where the bill has been passed, to what extent are the child rights protected and enforced?

Good Health Weekly observed for instance that in Jos, Plateau State,  10 children of between 6-8 years old work in the mechanic village, (a small workshop) when they should be in school. I come here every morning to learn how to repair motor. My parents cannot afford my school fee that is why I am learning mechanic work. I want to be in school but I can't because we no get money, one of them said.

In  Akwa-Ibom, where the State House of Assembly has passed the CRA, children are still branded witches and wizards and beaten and starved. In virtually all of these States, is a record of one instance of child abuse or the other. It may be sexually related, children may be denied basic means of livelihood, forced into labour, trafficking, , hawking, etc.  UNICEF Communication Officer  (Media and External Relations) Mr. Geoffery Njoku, most States that have assented to the law appear reluctant to enforce it because they believe that it would make children grow wild. And this is not true, he added.

This same misconception probably is at the root of the reluctance to pass the Bill by Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara States.

Advocacy is widely accepted as the only way out. said UNICEF Child specialist, Mrs Sharon Oladiji. She argued that  structures to improve understanding of the issues contained in the Act, should be put in place while more advocacies on these especially on traditional rulers of those states be adopted. We cannot afford to leave these children out there on the street to suffer.

Jeff reasons with her: There is need for increase in advocacy and awareness campaign on the content of CRA. With proper understanding of the Act, I believe it will not take the remaining states time to pass the Act.

A child advocate, Mr. Taiwo Taiwo Akinlami of the Gilgal Partners , Solicitors and Public Interest Advocates, said the first step at acting in the best interest of the Child is the Destruction of the Myth of the Child Vulnerability.

The vulnerability of the child occurs when adults do not understand that a child requires attention from the first day of birth. If you want to change the world, you have to roll up your sleeves, and go out there and work. We never can do enough but we can do something to better the lots of our children.

But Minister of Women Affairs, Iyom Josephine Anenih, said a lot of advocacy was already being embarked upon by Federal government to change the behavioural dispositions of the state governments towards the child rights act. But we have no reason to stop advocacy, because without it in the first place, the 24 States that have passed wouldn't have done that.

While, we contemplate on what to do to fast-track the domestication of the Act at every State, it is expected that to strengthen this advocacy, visits to the opinion leaders would be carried out in due course. The CRA is one, which importance cannot be overemphasised at a time like this.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/06/nigerian-child-and-the-child-rights-act/
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ono(m): 12:14pm On Jul 23, 2013
@Naptu,
So, Zamfara is among the states.

Now, do you get my drift? Pedophilic Yerima is hell bent on marrying kids in his state. Now is the time to get the man behind bars....and the keys to his dungeon thrown into the Atlantic ocean.

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Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by naptu2: 12:17pm On Jul 23, 2013
ono: @Naptu,
So, Zamfara is among the states.

Now, do you get my drift? Paedophilic Yerima is hell bent on marrying kids in his state. Now is the time to get the man behind bars....and the keys to his dungeon thrown into the Atlantic ocean.

Yerima's marriage to the egyptian child was actually conducted in Abuja. Abuja has domesticated the Child Rights Act, because the National Assembly legislates for Abuja. Naptip took him to court, but I don't know the result of that case.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ono(m): 12:21pm On Jul 23, 2013
Going by the numbers of those in favour of keeping clause (4b) on the floor of the senate, our society is in danger of these child abusers. We need to come up with a way to whisk them out of the senate and never allow their type to sit anywhere near the place.

Yerima's fate we all will see in the not too distant future.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Quelme: 12:25pm On Jul 23, 2013
ola_pluto: Well understood Senator. We know those who jump on bandwagon are not the intelligent ones. That Section 29 NEVER mentioned or endorsed child marriage. As long as it serves some emergency activists purpose, they conveniently twisted the whole thing. Stella Damascus even made a video highlighting her misinformation. Many cosmetic activists on twitter, facebook and even here on nairaland needed to get busy, so they picked on Yerima. When they all settle down to digest the bill, I hope the reasonable ones among them will retract and apologize.
He just succeeded in decieving you again. I think he will again and again and again!!! Wise up
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Quelme: 12:28pm On Jul 23, 2013
ebor: Be humble and apologise for voting in error instead of justifying the content of what u voted. The fact that the prescribed age for marriage was not specified n within the context of senator Yerima's argument on the issue before voting you should have known better that a trap was set for people like u who only consider d content of a constitional provision without considering the context n wider implication. The question then is why was it that u were d only senator from the south west that voted that way?...the best is to just say sorry 4 voting in error or ignorance.
Simple
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by deelobe: 12:40pm On Jul 23, 2013
the fact that you sat in the session where this rubbish was raised and you didnt carry a placard of your protest makes you guilty by association. You guys in the senate are not serious at all. Are you talking to fools. Rubbish!
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by METROLP: 12:46pm On Jul 23, 2013
When was this denial. was this before or after the apology?
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Abbott(m): 12:58pm On Jul 23, 2013
Loools
Ondo o gboyinbo!
I honestly believe the Senator voted in error. He must not have understood the syntax of the expression before he pressed "NO", voting for the retention of the phrase instead of its deletion.

Ondo o gbo 'yinbo.
Loooools
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by ceejayluv(m): 1:13pm On Jul 23, 2013
toluene12:

nice try, but u remain wrong.
If the issue is all about nationality of the bride, why not allow for dual citizenship (which i think nigeria constitution already approve) instead of renunciation.
Now, men from chad, niger, mali and sudan can enter nigeria, negotiate a childbride, force her to renounce her nationality and they are automatically protected by law. Our security agencies will not be able to stop the abuse because the girl is no longer a nigerian.
Telling a 13 yr old girl that she has a choice to renounce her citizenship is outright ridiculous because the only reason she would do just that is if she's compelled to by an adult. That law fails to protect any girl, rather it exposes her to agents of manipulation, exploitation and abuse. It's the duty of the state to protect these girls not expose them to men who wants to take advantage of their vulnerabilities. There's a reason the constitution states that you must be 18 yrs b4 u can own a vehicle license, vote or drink alcohol. That's the age u are deemed full age to make a choice. There should be no exemption.
This issue of ammendment is all about childbride and desperate attempt to seek constitutional backing for the barbaric act.
A stunt yerima dare not attempt in egypt, he wants to make it the norm here.
Don't be fooled.
In the case of a pregnant 16-year old girl , that wishes to marry her 17-year old boy that impregnated her. With family consent and all, shouldn't she be allowed to marry Especially if she wishes not to bear an illegitimate child?
There has to be exceptions in any law. That 18 year benchmark may not always be tenable especially for girls.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by buoye1(m): 1:36pm On Jul 23, 2013
I seriously dnt understand d whole things slf............pls sme1 shld xplain to me.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by amakenny: 3:06pm On Jul 23, 2013
Johnnyhoo: liar
Yes,. They kept quiet when ike ekweremadu searched for and got a senseless excuse to throw away political restructuring throuugh creation of new states, as requested by majority of nigerians aimed at balancing the political representation between north and south. Ekweremadu and Ihedioha foolishly believe that their Awgu and Mbaise constituencies may not directly benefit from new states, that is why they searched for a stupid excuse to deny political restructuring.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by Anniettieufia(m): 3:08pm On Jul 23, 2013
From the report above ,
i have not seen any statement of his condemning CHILD MARRIAGES,
His English teachers should tell him that as far as he did not CONDEMNED it, he is not AGAINST it,


And i think may be the computer voting is what is also confusing him,
it seems to him like gambling.
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by tpia5: 3:31pm On Jul 23, 2013
fujirice:

I know this house of reps member in one of the state house of assembly down here, this woman knows nada as in absolutely NADA but she was forced on her people by the then governor. Her own is to raise her hand when others(majority of people in the house) are raising and keeps it down when FEW people raised theirs. She's still in that house to date making laws for my people.........its just too sad!

and she's different from the average nler or average nigerian how?
Re: Senator Akinyelure Denies Voting For Under-age Marriage by EreluY(f): 7:52pm On Jul 23, 2013
naptu2:

Yerima's marriage to the egyptian child was actually conducted in Abuja. Abuja has domesticated the Child Rights Act, because the National Assembly legislates for Abuja. Naptip took him to court, but I don't know the result of that case.

[size=15pt]No one would know how the case fared because we have an insane judicial system in Nigeria, where the likes of Farouk, Cecilia Ibru get away with heinous crimes and a hungry man who stole Osun State governor's mobile phone received around half a century prison term. Nigeria has become a joke and the laughing stock of the entire world. Nigerians get deported from places like Yemen, Somalia, Uganda, and Tanzania. Can you imagine that? Shame![/size]

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