The controversy over the registration of marriages may be far from over as Local Government Marriage Registrars have said that the Nigerian constitution empowered Local Government Councils to register
all types of marriages in the country.
Rising from a national conference held at the Radio House in Abuja on Thursday, the LG marriage registrars advised worship centres and foreign embassies in the country to disregard the circular from the Ministry of Interior directing them to recognize only marriage certificates from federal marriage registries.
“Nigeria got her independence from Great Britain and up till date, marriage matters remain exclusively matters for the boroughs which are the local governments in that country.
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