Nigeria urged to ban child marriage as education crisis deepens
Part of composite article Nigeria Child Marriage Crisis: Former Minister Demands 18 as Minimum Age as Education Suffers View full article →
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Nigerian Minister of Education, is calling on the federal and state governments to enforce 18 as the minimum legal age for marriage nationwide.
Ezekwesili warns that child marriage continues to damage girls' education and holds back Nigeria's human capital development — the economic value of the country's people, their skills and their potential.
She says governments must act to make the 18-year minimum marriage age a reality across all states.