in countries like America, marriages are contracted for 13 year olds. “In New Hampshire, legal marriage age is 13 for girls and 14 for boys! in Michigan, it is 15 but girls can be married below 15 with parental consent. In Indiana, a girl can be married at 14 if she becomes pregnant. in Hawaii and Georgia, it is 15 with parental consent. in Britain it is 16.In most European countries it is 15. In Venezuela it is 14 with parental consent, 14 in Paraguay, 14 in Mexico, Bolivia 14. In africa, the legal marriage age is 14 in Mozambique and 15 in Gabon. In Angola it is 15, Niger 15, Cameroon 15, Congo dr 15, Benin 15, Kenya 16 and Madagascar 14. in Equatorial Guinea it is 12!” So why the hullabaloo? A qualified guess may help explain this uniquely Nigerian tendency. Most Nigerians including senators and men of God are ill informed, misinformed and out rightly ignorant. They are passionate not reasonable. They confuse their passion for reason. Ali M. Ali said while taking on jaundiced journalism... - See more at: newsdiaryonline/underage-journalism-by-ali-m-ali/#sthash.jQiDt6vi.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:33:20 +0000