Tag: Underaged Marriage

  • Voting Rights For Underaged Married Girls: Is Nigeria Really Ready To Tackle Child Marriage?

    Voting Rights For Underaged Married Girls: Is Nigeria Really Ready To Tackle Child Marriage?

    Myriads of problems have characterized the election process in Nigeria. There have always been controversies around voters’ intimidation and harassment, ballot box snatching and falsification of election results, underage voting, weak political institutions, and vote-buying. The Electoral Act Amendment Bill has been an avenue to address these underlying issues in Nigeria’s electoral system.  The National Assembly…