Underage girls in Adamawa State have sought for the House of Assembly's intervention to stop their parents from giving them out for marriage until after completing Secondary School.
To this end, the underage girls made appealed to the Honourable Members to enact a legislation prohibiting their fathers, mothers and guardians from forcing them into early marriage.
The representative of the underage girls and a 13 year old JSS 3 Student, Government Day Junior Secondary School, Luggere in Yola North LGA, Amira Abdullahi, made the call at the assembly on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child.
Amira, pleaded with assembly to give the "Child Protection Bill" a speedy passage since it has scaled through first reading at the hallowed chamber, adding that an enactment of "Early Marriage Prohibition Bill" will prevent their parents from giving them out for early marriage.
She further appealed to the assembly to ensure that the girls are protected from cases of rape and other forms of gender based violence and child abuse done to girls in the state.
While commending the assembly for passing the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) (VAPP), Law and other education friendly laws that are capable of bettering education system and standards in the state.
She said that the girls have confidence in the 7th assembly to addressing their challenges, and pledged their commitment towards their studies and character moulding so as to become role models in the society.
Responding, the Speaker of the assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, congratulated the girls for marking 2021 International Day of the Girl Child, and pledged the readiness of the assembly to legislate on the proposed bills.
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