FOLLOW USTwitterFacebookLinkedInInstagramSanusi II of Kano made the statement on Sunday while delivering a speech at a Muslim gathering. The Emir said the law would effectively ban poor men from marrying more than one wife, reports the Vanguard, adding that there appears to be a connection among polygamy, poverty, and terrorism. Those children, he maintained, end up growing up as vagrants and unproductive members of society. “It is a big law, which covers a whole range of issues from consent to marriage to maintenance to divorce to maintenance of children and inheritance. It will be the first time in northern Nigeria that a Muslim law on personal status will be codified.”The emir said the new law, which is proposed as a family law, is expected to be passed in the coming months by the Kano state government.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 21, 2017 21:06 UTC