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I was 16, a stark illiterate, when I married Bauchi gov — Wife

Mrs Aishatu Mohammed, the wife of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Saturday that she had had no formal education as of the time she married her husband.

Mohammed stated this in Bauchi at the occasion of the “Naija Youth Talk”, Organised by the Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)

“I was 16 years old and a stark illiterate when I married my husband.

“We were 100 girls in our family; none went to school; I only started school after my third child,” she said.

She decried the high rate of illiteracy and early marriage among young girls in the state, blaming the situation on parents who believed formal education for the girl-child was a mere waste of resources.

“We were 100 girls in my family, but none of us had a formal education; I had never been to primary school in my parent’s house.

“This is because our parents never believed in educating the girl-child; I struggled to go to school, but they refused.

“I picked the challenge to be educated from my brothers and after I had my third child, I insisted my husband get me a home teacher.

“That’s how I started and I later went to secondary school. Today I am a graduate of Public istration from the University of Abuja,” she narrated.

Mohammed who emphasised the importance of educating not only the girl-child but young people in the society, added that such a move would curb crimes and social vices in the society.

She called on relevant government agencies and organisations to ensure that parents and caregivers were adequately sensitised on the need to allow young boys and girls to go to school.

“The crimes in society cannot stop until we give proper education to women and youths in the society.

“So, I call on relevant agencies to go into our communities and sensitise parents to allow their children, particularly the girl-child, to go school,” she advised.

She also onished young people to go into meaningful ventures that would enable them to become self-reliant, rather than wait for white-collar jobs.

“One of my sons is today a farmer. His father was a former senator, minister and today a governor, yet he is doing farm business.


“Same goes to his sister who is into catering. I always encourage my children to be self-reliant, so I am I challenging all of you here today,” she advised.

(NAN)

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100 girls in a family.. If this one wasn't opportuned to marry her current husband, she might have ended up being Boko haram wives

I for like dey your class to dey help you submit assignment.

North is dragging this corn tree back

sweetonugbu:
North is dragging this corn tree back

Since 777BC

A 16-year old that can neither read nor write.
What a tragedy.

It is time the government starts jailing irresponsible parents.

Education is never too late

Married at 16

ogbuefi677:
Married at 16

Sweet sixteen... Nothing wrong there.

Modified: before you guys crucify me, the age of consent in the North is 12. That's why you see kids coming to vote you no know say na person wife be that (adult) wey don test 70 year old man's (let me stop there)

It's in the law so mods don't ban me, I don tire for Bans.

Charleys:


Sweet sixteen... Nothing wrong there.

Modified: before you guys crucify me, the age of consent in the North is 12.

It's in the law so mods don't ban me, I don tire for Bans.

12 years old for girls to get married is from the holy book, QURAN ... not a law in the north.

This woman fine no be small.

Can you imagine?

Is it not money she went for?

Kano Population: 18million
Number of Industries: 58
Number of Mosques: 435,389.
Number of Churches 674.
Number of Parentless wandering under-aged kids: 3.67million.
Number of Divorcee Women (including under 14): 857,443
Number of jobless youth: 3.8m.

- Kano State Bureau of Statistics (KSBS)

no wonder Book Haram war cannot finished in 1000yrs to come, imagine 100 girls in the family, so how many boys


these northerners need thorough orientation about child birth, I suggest they castrate any northeners that is attempting to give birth after maximum of 5 kids


see as the husband she married save her life, many of her kind end up being a nonentity and lost. the evil against girl child in North, those that brought Islam to North and Nigeria won't go unpunished

But Ngozi nd Jumoke are already disvirgin in their parents room

U can imagine...
And there are millions of girls up north who are/were not lucky as her...
There's plenty of work to be done in the North if Nigeria will ever want to be counted as leading nations

Northerners

Hmnn

Na wao, this people are more than 70yrs behind the southerners.
Yet they have ruled more that every other tribe.

Very inspiring

Charleys:


Sweet sixteen... Nothing wrong there.

Modified: before you guys crucify me, the age of consent in the North is 12.

It's in the law so mods don't ban me, I don tire for Bans.

You will be ban again if you will not reason with your head.

So it's a law in the north not to send their girl child to school?

Eleyi loud gan...


Gather here if you didn't read and just assumed he was being lashed by his wife...

“We were 100 girls in our family; none went to school; I only started school after my third child,”

AFTER THIRD CHILD!

Charleys:


Sweet sixteen... Nothing wrong there.

Modified: before you guys crucify me, the age of consent in the North is 12.

It's in the law so mods don't ban me, I don tire for Bans.

he be like say you don chop ban well well