₦airaland Forum

blackpanda:
No country will recognise local govt marriage

Besides Marriages is in the exclusive list of the Constitution. The LGA is wrong. They are doing it because they have a rogue governor in the person of Wike. Nigeria dodged a bullet with wike!

ejimatic:
The Federal High Court judgment in 2021 is a nullity. There has been a. pending case on this matter since 2018..The SC is yet to decide on it. A Federal High Court in Lagos in 2018 ruled that it is Federal government that has the constitunal power to handle marriage matters including the printing of certificates as eshirinef in 1999 constitution. Disatiisfied the Unified LGs approached the Appeal Court and lost again .Yet it was taken to the SC. We wonder the relevance of 2021 judgement on a case still pending at the SC.

The Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers state on Monday sealed off the premises of the Federal Ministry of Interior marriage registry.

This sealing off of the premises was to enforce a Federal High Court order issued by Honourable Justice D. E. Osiogor on December 8, 2021.

The council in the company of representatives of the inter-governmental marriage committee, bailiff of the Federal High Court and security agencies stormed the premises of the Federal Ministry of Interior’s marriage registry located at Railway Close, behind Nitel in Line, Port Harcourt to enforce the court order.

The court order sighted by our correspondent marked FHC/L/CS/816/2018, has Etiosa LGA of Lagos state; Egor LGA of Edo state; Owerre Municipal LGA and Port Harcourt City LGA as plaintiffs.

The Honourable Minister of Interior, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and Anchor Dataware Solutions Limited were defendants.

Speaking to a newsmen after the sealing of the premises, the Secretary, Port Harcourt City Local Government, Barr. Chile-Kay Owuru, said they were empowered by the law to seal the facility.

Owuru explained that the law empowered only local government councils to conduct marriages and issue certificates.

He said, “We are here alongside the inter-governmental marriage committee and the bailiff of the Federal High Court to seal up this facility because we have a court judgement ordering that the Federal Ministry of Interior and Anchor Dataware Solutions Limited have no right whatsoever to conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates under the marriage act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Marriage act is the function of the 774 local governments as contained in the constitution.

“So my advice to the general public to get proper information, those people that want to get married should approach the local government marriage registry, we have an office here where marriages are conducted by law.

“My advice to the general public is that they should discountenance that facility. They should stop going there, because by this judgement, any marriage conducted by the Federal Ministry of Interior is null and void and of no effect. It is illegal.”

Owuru further said,”The proper place to conduct your marriages is the local government and the certificates would be issued to you.”

Explaining when the said court order was issued, the council scribe said, “The matter was initiated in 2018 precisely and the landmark judgement was delivered on the 8th of December, 2021, by Honourable Justice D. E. Osiagor, who perpetually restrained the Federal Ministry of Interior from conducting marriages and issuing of marriage certificates under the marriage act.

“We know that one of the cardinal functions of the Local Government as contained in schedule 4 of the 1999 is the conducting of marriages, issue marriage certificates, even birth and death certificates.

“That is the exclusive function of the local government donated to the local government by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, but surprisingly some persons are carrying out this function.”

Speaking to newsmen, lead counsel for Local Government Councils in Nigeria and Secretary General, Inter-governmental Marital Committee, Roger Adedimeji, said henceforth, any marriage conducted in the Federal Ministry of Interior in Rivers State is deemed illegal by law.

“The judgement ordered that it’s only the local government that can register all types of marriages including customary marriages and if there is anybody registering marriages apart from the local government, it is illegal and void.

“Such certificate would not be recognised, especially since the judgement was issued.”

Responding to the development, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Interior who identified himself as John Oloko, said the local government council touted court order was fictitious.

He stated, “This issue of local government and the ministry of interior had been going on, there had been judgement on the same issue in 2014, 2016 or thereabout, which had been against them (local government.)

“Now you have a case, if the judgement did not favour you, what are you supposed to do, are you not supposed to appeal?

“They never made appeal first attempt, they never made appeal second attempt, they went to a court of same jurisdiction to take this judgement.

“Even the judgement they are talking about is not the entire ministry, so I am not happy at all with what is happening here today.”

DOWN2HeartLoved:
I usually come to nairaland to get advice on business or any other related stuffs am affected with

Currently am in a tight spot, have been dating a lady I met during a trip, after a month, we started chatting and I went to visit her, things were smooth until we have a child, now she's different

The thing am surprised about her is I don't know her family background, only believed what she told me, she's from Auchi and Orogun and the mother lives in Ondo, we have issues I had to move out of my own house for her, the problem is I'm thinking she has children outside, she's always 28 every year, am thinking she's close to 40, why lie about age and many more.

Reasons am baffled, her mother isn't showing any concern.

She has lots of brothers

She always calls me a small boy

She doesn't even care now, even if I die

Problems:- I have invested on this relationship emotionally, physically and even more,

Is she from Benin? She lied too, she has turned my people against me, right now no one reason me seriously again, because everyone is telling me she's a club girl and I need to leave her, she just laughs and blocks anytime I called her, people are telling me she might have built a house with my money elsewhere.

Am shocked this is happening to me.

bibianna:
Yes I believe there are such wonderful guys still out there!

ikotunblog:
Good English is very important there is nothing like "How was your day" is either you say "How was your day" or rather say "How was your day" The "How" is supposed to come before "Was" then followed by "Day" so stop saying "How was your day" and start saying "How was your day"..period

BadRadio:
I am 100% correct about her cheating... my brother is out of the country for a year now... I am just about the only person that knows about it in the family, do I keep shut and continue minding my own crap, or do I burst bubbles?

teekay213:
Hi,

I got a 2bedroom flat because the place is close to me and my wife place of work.we couldn't get a 3bedroom around the area cos that was the one we saw at the time and it was not costly.

But here is the problem I have a 19yrs old boy waiting for admission and a 16yrs old girl in ss3 but I don't know how to allocate the 2 bedroom maybe my wife and I should take one and leave the other room for my son and daughter but my girl is already a lady and she doesn't want to share a room with her brother,,am also thinking my wife should share one room with our daughter while I share the remaining room with my son but what if me and my wife need each other.

Where we relocated from we had 3 bedrooms and everyone had his room but because that was the only apartment near and less costly we had to take it.

Adakintroy:
Lol. See hype.

Delta state weh I run commot come lag cuz nothing De. So so keke and agbero. You wan dig well for ur compound person go come for deve. Fee.

Ekpan warri, ughelli, sapele agbor, oghara. dry as hell.


He no good to read online na now I know. Go see for urself. Experiencing things better pass.

noleflendum:
I want Wiked Wike to be VP for just one reason





........... Killing more IPOB terrorists