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Niger Speaker Cancels Orphan Girls’ Wedding
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Women Affairs Minister, Uju Ohannaya, takes legal action against the Speaker.
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Speaker insists on supporting girls’ parents financially despite cancellation.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has canceled the scheduled wedding for 100 orphan girls in his constituency, stating that he will not attend the event.
This decision comes after the Women Affairs Minister, Uju Ohannaya, took legal action against the Speaker to prevent the wedding from taking place.
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The Speaker made this known on Tuesday during a media briefing in which he said the minister had overstepped her bounds.
He said the minister should take over the sponsorship of the wedding ceremony.
The Speaker disclosed that he had already made funds available to the girls’ parents through the traditional leaders and clerics of his constituency, noting that he would not withdraw the funds.
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Abdulmalik also pointed out that his motive for wanting to sponsor the wedding was the state of poverty of the girls’ parents and not the constituency project, as reported in the media.
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