The concept of child marriage in Nigeria is actually common. This can be described because Nigeria is extremely divided on religious grounds. The South is mostly Christian as well as the North is particularly Islam. Therefore, although the nation in general is ‘bound’ by Federal Law and also the Nigerian Constitution — and that I use the term bound very loosely — several Northern states throughout Nigeria subscribe to Sharia law, at least their very own version of it.
Throughout Nigeria, the federal government law prohibits the marriage of individuals below 18. Nevertheless, the states within Nigeria that implements Sharia law don’t prevent child marriage. This would make a conflict of laws as well as principles, however, not until the federal government senses the desire to get involved.
Child marriage is just a traditional tradition that has been permitted to subsist within Nigeria.
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