U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said, "If a woman of color serving in Congress talked about American communities the way the President talks about Baltimore or Chicago he would tell her to 'go back' to another country." U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., added, "These are not the words of a patriot."

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: Most marriages conducted in religious houses in Nigeria could be deemed illegal as the Federal Government has disclosed that most worship centres conducting marriages in the country lack the license to do so under the statutory Marriage Act. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina E. Ehuriah stated this Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ conference on conduct of statutory marriages in accordance with the Marriage Act cap, M6, LFN 2004 as amended.

“At present, only about 4, 689 licensed places of worship in Nigeria have updated their records with the Ministry of Interior, of which only 314 have renewed their licenses.

“The implication of this is that marriages conducted in unlicensed places of worship are not in line with the Marriage Act and cannot serve legal purposes when the need arises, and such unlicensed places of worship are operating contrary to Section 6(1) of the Marriage Act,” she said.

According to her, the decision to organize the stakeholders’ conference was necessitated by the ministry’s experience in the discharge of its duties “which pointed to the fact that there are extant issues which require the joint attention of key stakeholders”.

She added that while the ministry was already building a database of all statutory marriages conducted in Nigeria, it had also developed a database of all places of worship licensed for celebration of marriages, urging stakeholders to take advantage of the Conference to discuss the major challenges they face in complying with the provisions of the Act.

The Permanent Secretary said she had already put in place machinery to kick start the process for the amendment of the Marriage Act to adequately meet the needs of citizens in the 21st century.

“Also, arrangements are on-going to give couples whose certificates were not issued in line with the Act the opportunity to bring them to conformity”.

Earlier, Director, Citizenship and Business in the ministry, Mr. Stephen Okon had said the conference was scheduled to hold in three major cities across the geo-political zones, adding that it would provide an avenue to educate the public and create awareness on the key requirements of the Marriage Act while also drawing the attention of stakeholders and the general public to the consequences of non-compliance with the Marriage Act.

tommyken:

You are very dishonest or lack proper fact on history, Zik party won the majority but at the dead of the night there was cross carpeting and before day break Awo's party became the majority which was a painful betrayal that can give anybody a heart attack to his grave. And you want that same Zik to ever trust Awo in his life again right?

doclatom:


You're a kid!

mrvitalis:
I wonder why people living in aba dont post pictures if aba ...apart from the araira area abs roads aee not bad

Infant its a very well planned town

Most people just visit osisioma and araiara and say they visited aba ,its like judging lagos with ota

livebyday:


I do not know which country you come from but I follow this and some of your other profiles

You are either claiming to be ibo and pro-biafra or claiming to be Yoruba and calling for oduduwa republic with another monicker

I strongly suspect your are from a middle eastern country looking to recruit ISIS or Iswap members to drive your agenda .

You are neither, Yoruba, ibo , hausa or Niger deltan

You seem hell bent on fanning disunity and hatred on this forum

This will be your final warning , if you persist your log in details will be changed and you will never access this forum again

livebyday:



You do not have to insult any member here

Speak with respect on this forum!!

Quorax:


Abuja is middle belt and until Nigeria divides, that is when you will know those middle belt will Never follow you.

For now, enjoy your self induced delusion

Wizklynd23:
FFK spoke well..

I don't support killing and will also not support any fulani herdsmen killing..
They should heed to the call and evacuate immediately for peace to reign

Ugosample:



you are missing the point

And there is no bigotry whatever in my post.....

Selling the properties was not a wrong thing to do.
everyone sells and buys property
even in igboland.

And the Yoruba guys are not foolish to sell.....


But what is true is that Tinubu the man you do revere gave the keys to Lagos to thugs and gangsters
THAT IS THE Tinubu legacy

I grew up to to see it, you know it (that is if you were old enough and lived in Lagos) and I Know it.

If that is not the case, punk asses like MC Oluomo and the likes would not be relevant as they are in Lagos today

One dimensional thinking will not help you


Calling out Tinubu for his wrong doing does not equate hating Yorubas...

Tinubu is NOT the Yoruba race
he ia just ONE man amongst millions

YahwehRocks:


By their antecedents, aren't they all what they are and how people rightly and safely perceive them?

Show me one that you can entrust yourself, family and land to and I will show you a pregnant virgin.

We call a spade.
We call it as we see it.
A tiger cannot be a meow.

Ugosample:


EXACTLY so

The Tinubu legacy

it's a shame really

but it's not only tinubu to blame tho

Some of the properties my father bought were at ridiculous prices THEN....

Alhaji Haruna is dead from what I hear

but there are MANY Alhaji Harunas in Lagos