Following the adoption by the Senate, of the controversial child bride, aggrieved citizens have planned to stage protests in different states today. Some of the states include; Lagos, Abuja, Ondo, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Ogun States, amongst others.
The protest was designed to get people to sign a petition, with the
estimate of two million people, that would be submitted to the State
Houses of Assembly, chronicling the grouses of the aggrieved persons on
the proposed law which many have termed as bad.
Tagged “ChildNotBride”, the rally
will hold at the state Civic Center, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt between
10am and 2pm and on Sunday at CIWA Catholic Church, House on the Rock
and Heritage House by 10am.
In Abuja, the rally will hold
at Unity Fountain, Near Transcorp Hilton, Maitama, while in Lagos,
between about 9am and 12pm, different rallies would be held at Ojeez Restaurant, National Stadium Surulere, Alausa Park, opposite Lagos State Governor’s Office, Ikeja. Others are the Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, New African Shrine, Agidingbi, Ikeja and Union Bank, Alaba Junction. Oja-Alaba axis.
In
Ibadan, the rally was billed for 9am to 12pm at Mokola behind Group
medical hospital, Press correspondent building, while in Akure, it was
billed for 12pm at Adegbemile Cultural Centre, Akure.
Also, in
Kaduna, between the hours of 9am to 12pm, people are expected to throng
the Lugard Hall Front Gate, to sign the petition.
It’s very unfortunate
that the Senate had okayed underage women for marriage in Nigeria.
