by Lai Labode
We must ask ourselves and our legislators if a child can legally give consent to marriage or sex…
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is an expression of perversion.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is violent robbery of her youth.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is mindless rape.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is desecration of her world.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is a deep injury to her psyche.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is an obstruction to nature ‘s plan for her.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child is a violation of her fundamental human
right.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a child is declaration of war against her well being.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE of a girl child under any guise is a repugnant to
natural justice.
CHILD MARRIAGE DEBATE is not a religious debate.
CHILD MARRIAGE DEBATE is not an ethnic debate.
THE CHILD MARRIAGE DEBATE IS A DEBATE ON THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL.
IMPACT OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE GIRL CHILD.
Fellow Nigerians we cannot have this debate acting oblivious of the physical and psychological impact on the girl child.
Fellow Nigerians , we cannot afford to have this debate like a nation in
retrogression.
Fellow Nigerians , there are only two crucial items to consider in this
debate;
1. We must ask ourselves and our legislators if a child can legally give consent to marriage or sex
2. We must ask ‘science’ what the physical &psychological impact is on the
child .
Fellow Nigerians , I have no doubt that the answers would speak to your
consciences .
Think Nigerian , do not pass the Child Marriage Law.
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Lai Labode is of the People’s Senate.
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