Women Inheritance: Experts brainstorm on barriers, proffer solutions vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
ABUJA – Stakeholders, including experts in family law, yesterday, in Abuja, proffered solutions to the cultural practice of preventing women and girls from inheriting the properties of deceased relatives as witnessed in some parts of the country.They spoke at a roundtable on women and traditional inheritance organized by Epiphany Azinge Foundation with the theme: “Breaking the barriers of gender discrimination.
Ezeilo, Dean of Law Faculty in the University of Nigeria Nsukka, said: “For close to three decades, new laws haven’t been made with regards to administration of estates in this country. We need new laws, and also need to implement our international obligations that are very clear on what should happen in circumstances where the head of a family dies intestate .
“There should not be a reason why two people in love cannot marry themselves without the payment of bride price so long as their families consent. The removal of bride price before marriage will create equal standing in the relationship and cure the feeling of women being inferior to men in the society. Inheritance should be approached from the angle of equal human right. If we do, then we have a revolution in our hands.
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