Orphans’ wedding: Women Affairs Minister has overstepped her bounds – Niger Speaker

The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has blasted the Women Affairs Minister, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye for “overstepping her bounds” by dragging him to court to stop the planned wedding of 100 orphan girls in his constituency.

The legislator, during a media briefing on Tuesday, announced that the planned hosting of the wedding has been to a stop.

He noted that he would not grace the wedding, adding that the minister should take over the sponsorship of the ceremony.

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Abdulmalik added that the funds he had already made available to the girls’ parents through the traditional leaders and clerics of his constituency would not be withdrawn.

Also, the Speaker 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.