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KonkNaija Media | May 3, 2016

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“No Nigerian girl should be married before the age of 17″ – Aisha Buhari

“No Nigerian girl should be married before the age of 17″ – Aisha Buhari

| On 13, May 2015

Wife of Nigeria’s president-elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari says no girl should be married before age 17. According to her, girls who are of 18 to 20 years old are better matured to give birth to a child than those who are 17 and below. Mrs Buhari said this while speaking to Channels TV at the side-line of the Global Women Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina shortly after her presentation on the danger women and girl child contend with daily. She pushed for legislation against early marriage..

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