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A man was kidnapped in Niger State by bandits who demanded a ransom of one million naira. The family scraped and struggled to pay the ransom. When the bandits got the ransom, they increased it to N2 million. Now the family couldn’t pay. What to do?
The man had two daughters with suitors. So they asked the fiancés to bring money to pay the ransom so that the marriage could be done upon the release of the father. The two suitors managed to raise the money and the family paid the bandits. Upon receiving the money, they still killed the father.
Now the suitors wanted marriage without delay or their money back. However, the family needed money to do so. So the widow reached out to the speaker of Niger State Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, for help. He did help them with the marriage and set them up for success.
Then he reasoned that other orphans may need similar assistance. So he set up a committee to investigate identical cases. The committee reported over 270 people who needed the same support. So he mandated the committee to screen the list to only orphans and need basis. The list was reduced to 100 orphans who voluntarily submitted themselves that they wanted marriage.
So the speaker agreed to give each lady N500,000 and the men N50,000 for their dowry. When the Governor of Niger State, Farmer Governor Bago heard about this, he said was going to give the ladies an additional N100,000 for business.
That’s the background. At least that’s how Dr Ibrahim Daurawa told the story as related to him by the speaker himself.
Here’s a summary:
A man was kidnapped in Niger State by bandits who demanded a ransom of one million naira. The family scraped and struggled to pay the ransom. When the bandits got the ransom, they increased it to N2 million. Now the family couldn’t pay. What to do?
The man had two daughters with suitors. So they asked the fiancés to bring money to pay the ransom so that the marriage could be done upon the release of the father. The two suitors managed to raise the money and the family paid the bandits. Upon receiving the money, they still killed the father.
Now the suitors wanted marriage without delay or their money back. However, the family needed money to do so. So the widow reached out to the speaker of Niger State Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, for help. He did help them with the marriage and set them up for success.
Then he reasoned that other orphans may need similar assistance. So he set up a committee to investigate identical cases. The committee reported over 270 people who needed the same support. So he mandated the committee to screen the list to only orphans and need basis. The list was reduced to 100 orphans who voluntarily submitted themselves that they wanted marriage.
So the speaker agreed to give each lady N500,000 and the men N50,000 for their dowry. When the Governor of Niger State, Farmer Governor Bago heard about this, he said was going to give the ladies an additional N100,000 for business.
That’s the background. At least that’s how Dr Ibrahim Daurawa told the story as related to him by the speaker himself.
Here’s a summary:
The Speaker of Niger State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, with the support of the Governor, the traditional institution and Muslim scholars, is sponsoring the wedding and businesses of 100 orphans.
But out of nowhere, we read, “Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and sought a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state.” TheCable reported.
“I want to let the honourable speaker of the house in Niger state know that this is totally unacceptable by Federal Minister Of Women Affairs and by the government,” Kennedy-Ohanenye said.
The Muslim scholars in the North and Niger State in particular see the minister as an interloper and deem her comments as insults to both the northern tradition and the religion of Islam.
The Council of Imams in Niger State issued a one-week ultimatum to retract her comments. Dr Umar Farouk, the secretary of the Niger State Imam Forum, delivered the warning during a press briefing in Minna, the state capital. He stated that the Minister had overstepped her authority and that the Forum would not tolerate her remarks, which they believed could incite a crisis both in the state and nationwide.
The Speaker, himself a barrister, said: “I am highly disappointed in the minister for women's affairs and it is unfortunate that she allowed herself and her office to be misled by social media reports without finding out from me the true situation on the ground concerning this marriage.
"This is politics taken too far by the minister. She should be properly educated on the culture and tradition of the north that girls of marriageable age are not allowed to roam the streets.”
Now Barrister Abdulmalik is refusing to participate in the wedding without withdrawing the financial support.
“If the parents wish to go ahead with the marriage of their daughters, so be it but I have removed my hands,” he said.
As for me, I think the minister made some dangerous assumptions in a bid to earn a name for herself.
But out of nowhere, we read, “Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and sought a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state.” TheCable reported.
“I want to let the honourable speaker of the house in Niger state know that this is totally unacceptable by Federal Minister Of Women Affairs and by the government,” Kennedy-Ohanenye said.
The Muslim scholars in the North and Niger State in particular see the minister as an interloper and deem her comments as insults to both the northern tradition and the religion of Islam.
The Council of Imams in Niger State issued a one-week ultimatum to retract her comments. Dr Umar Farouk, the secretary of the Niger State Imam Forum, delivered the warning during a press briefing in Minna, the state capital. He stated that the Minister had overstepped her authority and that the Forum would not tolerate her remarks, which they believed could incite a crisis both in the state and nationwide.
The Speaker, himself a barrister, said: “I am highly disappointed in the minister for women's affairs and it is unfortunate that she allowed herself and her office to be misled by social media reports without finding out from me the true situation on the ground concerning this marriage.
"This is politics taken too far by the minister. She should be properly educated on the culture and tradition of the north that girls of marriageable age are not allowed to roam the streets.”
Now Barrister Abdulmalik is refusing to participate in the wedding without withdrawing the financial support.
“If the parents wish to go ahead with the marriage of their daughters, so be it but I have removed my hands,” he said.
As for me, I think the minister made some dangerous assumptions in a bid to earn a name for herself.
By Ibraheem Dooba
Lol
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of dirty story is this one telling? Look how he twisted the narrative. They marry girls off early so they don’t roam the streets??? Like are these people for real? Is
DeleteMarriage now a means to an end? Leave the girls aloneee wicked men. Let them get educated or
Learn trades and choose who they want to be with not exchanged like trade by batter. They backed now and changed the narrative so they don’t look like what they are peodo. Minister Kennedy God bless you immensely for speaking out
They probably are underage
ReplyDeleteMaybe to clarify the age oh! Before they sell 12 years old girl in the name of marriage
ReplyDeleteBizarre
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteOk. Noted.
ReplyDeleteYou can empower without marriage. Then from their resources they can fund their marriages. Must marriage be in the equation?
ReplyDeleteExactly, this is how they create social problems for the rest of the country by breeding like rabbits
DeleteNasty
ReplyDeleteSome Northerners leader's are the problem the country. They think backwards.
ReplyDeleteNorthern tradition and Islamic religion should not supersede the Nigerian constitution
ReplyDeleteAm highly disappointed in all the political leaders involved in this nonsense so they can empower their women without selling them off to a poor wretched man as a husband but their own daughters are in school abroad, Northern leaders are the most wicked people that walk the surface of the earth, the find any available mans to improvise their people
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