On the 16th of July 2013 the Nigerian Senate resolved to amend section 29 (a) of the constitution that stipulates that a woman shall not be qualified for marriage until she attains the 18 years as they deleted age specification for women being married from the draft constitution and left the marriage age for women open.
First, you got to give the man his props, he's a fucking sneaky genius. Dude has been lying in wait for this opportunity and by Joe he took it. The same cannot be said for the 35 idiots that voted this motion into reality. To view the paedophile lineup click here.
Ironically, the next day our neighbours, the Ghanians, announced that they were considering altering the marriage age from 18 to 23 years. This recommendation came from their chief government statistician, who stated that measure was to slow down population growth and also improve women's quality of life. In one motion, a country showed up Nigeria for the stupidity of those 35 (and I'm sure there are many more men..... and women <- heaven help us).
This nicely leads to my argument. There needs to be a separation of between Government & Religion. In a country where there is a 50-50ish split between Christianity and Islam, using one religion as a technicality so affect Nigeria's constitution for a peadophile's wet dream totally trivialises our Consitution. I'm not a political person, and I avoid political debate as much as I can, but I can't get over the fact that people use Religion - based on emotions and beliefs - over numbers and fact.
A couple of weeks ago my friends and I had a debate on how in Nigeria what to do if you see a dead body on the road. I'm not going to rehash that debate but one of the points that was raised was that we should have the infrastructure to support the quick removal of dead bodies found on the streets of Nigeria. This was another example of how religious beliefs slow down key decisions needed to improve the welfare of Nigerians.
If anyone has had the misfortune of dealing with a death in the family, you know when it comes to choosing a mortuary, your best bet is go private. Why? The government mortuaries are over run with unclaimed bodies. The backlog is crazy which is why Fashola changed the law to allow Lagos state to cremate unclaimed bodies after a certain time period. When this was announced religious factions were up in arms! Never mind the stretch on infrastructure or the backlog of unclaimed dead bodies.
I digress......... here a bunch of paedophiles were able to change the constitution of this country to legalise their paedophilia using religion to get away with it. This cannot stand. So join the voices that are opposed to this new development!
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If you have influence, make sure you use it. Let your voice be heard, because if we don't do something then no one else will.
Toodles!!
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