Why I sponsored marriage of 100 girls in my constituency – Niger Assembly Speaker

The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly Hon Abdulmalik Sarkindaji has explained why he sponsored the marriage of about 100 girls from his constituency in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The Speaker's explanation followed claims that the girls were married out against their wishes.

According to him, 'Majority of these girls are orphans who have lost their parents, including children of our galant vigilantes who lost their lives to bandits and nobody to finance their weeding despite attaining marriage age with someone ready to marry them' 'The girls are not being married out against their will or that their husbands are been forced on them, but out of sympathy.

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