No fewer than 473,565 Nigerians have signed for the ban and criminalisation of child marriage in the country. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 2022 report revealed that 22 million girls between 13 and 17 years already married in Nigeria, making the country the highest number of child brides in West and Central Africa. This number according to the report represents 40% of all child brides in the two regions.
January 14, 2023According to Save The Child International, child marriage is common in northern Nigeria, where 78% of girls marry before they turn 18.
The West and Central Africa regions are home to six of the ten countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage globally - 41% of all global incidences, UNICEF said., which started on the global change website, change.org, by a civil society group, Never Your Fault, run by three teenage girls, has gained traction online with 473,429 Nigerians already signed up for criminalisation of child marriage in the country.
The group, therefore, called on lawmakers in the National Assembly to amend the contradicting section of the law and make the constitution clearer on child marriage in Nigeria.
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