No Girl Should Be Married Before 17 –aisha Buhari

THE wife of Nigeria’s President-elect, Aisha
Buhari, has said that no girl should be
married before age 17.
According to online reports Aisha stated this
while speaking to Channels TV at the
sideline of
the Global Women Conference held in
Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
She reportedly said: “We have heard so
much
from the Ministers of Women affairs from
different countries.
“We are trying to tally it with what is
happening
in Nigeria, to find out how we are lacking
and in
which aspect of women affairs that we are
lacking
and the ones that we have gone ahead. I
think, so
far, it is quite encouraging.
“We just need to put everything in practice
than
being in theory. If the government can
stand up
and say every girl child must attend basic
primary and secondary school education
before
getting married.
“I think nobody, no girl should be married
before
the age of 17 because if you really attend
secondary school, you will have to be like
16 and
17 and I think by the time you are 18- 20, its
quite a moderate time of having a child.