The orphans reportedly lost their parents due to banditry attacks in Mariga local government area of the state. The Speaker announced that marrying them off would be part of his constituency project. He announced that the gesture is “aimed at alleviating the suffering of the impoverished”, pledging to pay the dowries for the bridegrooms and have procured materials for the mass marriage.
“I want to let the honorable speaker of the house in Niger State to know that this is totally unacceptable by the Federal Minister of Women Affairs and by the government, totally unacceptable. “Because there is something called the Child’s Right Act and I said it from the onset, that it is no more business as usual. “These children must be considered, their future must be considered. “So I have gone to court. I have written him a letter and written a petition to the IG of police.