Group criticizes forced early marriages in Yobe
The League for Human Rights has alleged that forceful and early marriages are still practised in Yobe State.
Tamwakat Golit, the
Project Coordinator of the organization, told the News Agency of
Nigeria, in Damaturu on Thursday, that such marriages usually made the
girls not to complete their education. She claimed that in spite of the
campaign for free and compulsory basic education by the state
government, girls in the villages still suffered forceful and early
marriages.
Mrs Golit called on the state House of Assembly to complement the
executive arm of government in fighting the menace. According to her,
the group was building the capacity of women in Bauchi, Yobe and
Katsina States by educating them on human rights violations.
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