Ezekwesili urges FG, States to enforce 18-year minimum marriage age
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The former minister further called on African governments to increase domestic funding for girls' education as foreign aid declines, while tracking girls' learning outcomes, transition to secondary school and child marriage rates.
She said the continent could significantly reduce child marriage if every African girl completed secondary education.
Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, has called on the Federal Government and state governments to enforce 18 as the minimum age of marriage across Nigeria, warning that child marriage continues to undermine girls' education and the country's human capital development.
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