salt 1:
Are you the op? You're a doctor of what?
What of educating the girl? What of empowering her economically?
Does it not bother that the North is supplying the nation all the negative indices of poverty, disease and illiteracy? Don't you see the link btw child marriage and maternal and infant mortality?
Pls read Uwais' article on fp and stop exposing your perverted mindset

Superego:

God bless you!

Great questions. Let me address them serially.

Are you the op? You're a doctor of what?
Not related to this discussion. Don't worry, not OBG

Does it not bother that the North is supplying the nation all the negative indices of poverty, disease and illiteracy?
The north was recently listed as having many of the best states to do business in Nigeria. The crises hitting the north is multifunctional. I recently wrote an article, "The Nuclear Alms Race" about the ALmajiri problem. There are 10 million abandoned children in the north, almajiris' this can be more highly correlated to the poverty crises than young wives. See: http://saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-almajiri-and-nuclear-alms-race

Don't you see the link btw child marriage and maternal and infant mortality?
I discussed that link extensively in the article. the link is with poor health care and not with young motherhood. USA has 500,000 teen pregnancies/year as I mentioned. Their healthcare system handles it and so does their welfare system handle the single teen mothers epidemic. point is, we can both accept that pushing marriage age up and even cancelling marriage entirely will reduce and cancel out maternal mortality, however we must realize that we did so, not because young pregnancy is wrong, but because we have the worst medical infrastructure in the world.

Pls read Uwais' article on fp and stop exposing your perverted mindset
Her article is sentimental and lacks facts. i presented much data in my article. let's simply discuss this, or please present any point she made that you will like us to deliberate.

And please, no insults. Prove you have superior morality than those who marry 'children' that you attack.

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Sunglow: @eightsin u actually spoke my thot.y shld a 50yrs old man marry a girl of 9,10,12.y not engage her to a boy of her choice who is a little older than her,until wen both have grown n r ready 2 b married

Superego:

God bless you!

Great questions. Let me address them serially.

Are you the op? You're a doctor of what?
Not related to this discussion. Don't worry, not OBG

Does it not bother that the North is supplying the nation all the negative indices of poverty, disease and illiteracy?
The north was recently listed as having many of the best states to do business in Nigeria. The crises hitting the north is multifactorial. I recently wrote an article, "The Nuclear Alms Race" about the ALmajiri problem. There are 10 million abandoned children in the north, almajiris' this can be more highly correlated to the poverty crises than young wives. See: http://saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-almajiri-and-nuclear-alms-race

Don't you see the link btw child marriage and maternal and infant mortality?
I discussed that link extensively in the article. the link is with poor health care and not with young motherhood. USA has 500,000 teen pregnancies/year as I mentioned. Their healthcare system handles it and so does their welfare system handle the single teen mothers epidemic. point is, we can both accept that pushing marriage age up and even cancelling marriage entirely will reduce and cancel out maternal mortality, however we must realize that we did so, not because young pregnancy is wrong, but because we have the worst medical infrastructure in the world.

Pls read Uwais' article on fp and stop exposing your perverted mindset
Her article is sentimental and lacks facts. i presented much data in my article. let's simply discuss this, or please present any point she made that you will like us to deliberate.

And please, no insults. Prove you have superior morality than those who marry 'children' that you attack.

best

Superego:

God bless you!

Great questions. Let me address them serially.

Are you the op? You're a doctor of what?
Not related to this discussion. Don't worry, not OBG

Does it not bother that the North is supplying the nation all the negative indices of poverty, disease and illiteracy?
The north was recently listed as having many of the best states to do business in Nigeria. The crises hitting the north is multifactorial. I recently wrote an article, "The Nuclear Alms Race" about the ALmajiri problem. There are 10 million abandoned children in the north, almajiris' this can be more highly correlated to the poverty crises than young wives. See: http://saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-almajiri-and-nuclear-alms-race

Don't you see the link btw child marriage and maternal and infant mortality?
I discussed that link extensively in the article. the link is with poor health care and not with young motherhood. USA has 500,000 teen pregnancies/year as I mentioned. Their healthcare system handles it and so does their welfare system handle the single teen mothers epidemic. point is, we can both accept that pushing marriage age up and even cancelling marriage entirely will reduce and cancel out maternal mortality, however we must realize that we did so, not because young pregnancy is wrong, but because we have the worst medical infrastructure in the world.

Pls read Uwais' article on fp and stop exposing your perverted mindset
Her article is sentimental and lacks facts. i presented much data in my article. let's simply discuss this, or please present any point she made that you will like us to deliberate.

And please, no insults. Prove you have superior morality than those who marry 'children' that you attack.

best

Adamskuty: So mary got fvcked at d age of 12 according to the bible.. Hmm! Nawaa ooh!

toluene12: The o.p looks to me like someone trying to justify his pedo.philic lifestyle but has failed to convince nobody.

toluene12: First, it's ridiculous when people keep refering to the legal age of marriage in the western world. Those laws u people keep quoting are for 2 minors/teenagers who wants to get married and not an adult getting married to marry a minor. Try and present ur childbride b4 a judge in new york and see how he will scrutinize ur case. The child will be snatched away from u and she will be pressurised to say u're trying to force her into marriage. U will be chained, thrown into jail and made to admit to being a sex offender for the rest of ur life.

toluene12: 2. Early marriage does not protect anybody from bre.ast cancer rather it puts the girl at risk of cervical cancer- something u conveniently failed to mention. Prolonged exposure to estrogen isn't the only risk factor associated with bre.ast C.A. Genetic mutation, familial predisposition and presence of some specific genes play bigger roles. Stop reading or quoting manipulated and unsubstantiated reports as facts. I've managed many women with bre.ast C.A and majority started having children quite early.

toluene12: 3. VVF is not the only obstretics complication associated with teenage pregnancy, these poor girls are also at risk of premature labour, pelvic dislocation, nerve compression and its subsequent limb paralysis during labour. The fact remains menarche is one of early sign of secondary sexual xtics of a girl, other part of the body are still developing and she's in no way ready to carry a baby in her womb.

toluene12: 4. Its funny when people keep saying early marriage is a solution to premarital sex. What happened to sex education, parental care and monitoring, good moral upbringing, women empowerment so that they don't become vulnerable and child rights protective laws.

toluene12: 5. Early marriage and teenage pregnancy is a fast and easy route to poverty. Most of this girls dont stay long in their husband's home. They are kicked out once their husband gets tired of their chidish behaviours. With no education, or any formal training, she and her children becomes liabiity to the society and simply adds to the burden of poverty inflicting the nation.

toluene12: 6. I agree that teenage pregnancy is not uncommon in the western world, but its mainly found among the low socio economic class and the truth remains they are a huge burden to both the health and social welfare system. There4 teenage pregnancy is something that should be discouraged globally and not encouraged.

toluene12: 7. Why should a teenager be idle? A teenager should be in school receiving education. Be it a rural or urban community, its the duty of the govt to ensure every child is in school learning and not roaming around the street. Every child should be entitled to at least 12 years of education. By the time she completes this, she should be 18 yrs and thus free to decide what to do with her life as an ADULT.

toluene12: 8. Culture is dynamic, its never static. That my grandfathers practiced it does not mean the trend should continue. If i consider the practice detrimental then i should stop it. I dont care the age Mary or Aisha were impregnated, maybe it was acceptable during their time but not anymore. In this modern era it has been established both scientifically and socially that a girlchild and marriage are diametrically opposite and ther4 irreconciliable.

toluene12: 9. I didn't bother to read ur definition of pedo.phile because i know it wont make sense but anyone who derive sexual pleasure from pain inflicted on an innocent child either inside marriage or illegally is not only a pedo.phile but also a beast and a sick social pervert.

salt 1:

I don't think I insulted you. I struggle, really struggle, to understand. The North has 10million almajiris and is still one of the best environments to do business? My understanding of business is where the people have the purchasing power. And purchasing power is a function of education even vocational education. What is the purchasing power of this 10million almajiris? What will they contribute to the economy in the future?
Can you not see that this is a vicious cycle? Illiterate and poverty stricken mothers breed babies who will only be like them.

500,000 teen mothers in the US isn't an epidemic, pls! In relation to their population. Most of these teen mothers have the opportunity for education and jobs.
Since our health care system is inadequate to cope, don't you think it's enough reason to dIscourage early teen pregnancy?

I am yet to see you discuss the implication of early marriage on educational attainment of these girls

lincolnj88: d idiot quoted from one islamic book named d lost gospel dat is not in d bible.....mary was 22 wen got CHRIST

Superego:

Can you support this age please? No, the Protevangelion is a lost gospel, has nothing to do with Islam.

biafranqueen:
At what age is Pelvic Maternal growth complete? You did not answer me!

biafranqueen: Are you saying that young girls would rather be married then go to school?

biafranqueen: What age do you feel it is appropriate for a girl to be married?
On a personal level do you feel your mental capacity is equal to a 13 year old girl that you wish to marry?

biafranqueen: Since you refuse to answer me the age is 18

biafranqueen: Child marriage has its effects both on the girl-child and the society. These include

i. Early widowhood with its attendant problems;
ii. Spread of HIV/AIDs;
iii. Prostitution;
iv. Family problems;
v. Medical problems; and
vi. Early death from suicide.

Are these not the problems that most Hausa women face Mr.Doctor ?
What happens to a women when she is a widowed? Is she not thrown into begging and prostitution?
If she was educated would she not stand a better chance in this new global economy?

biafranqueen: Did you read this part of the study? The good results accomplished in our centre could be attributed to the free and readily available prenatal care and the quality of support from the family or welfare agencies that are involved with the care of teenage mothers.
Unfortunately, in Nigeria these kind of services are not provided for the masses

Superego:

These are possible social problems....but if she had a single kid, by the time she is a widow, Nigeria's family based nuclear system should have at least one son take in the dad or mom. Promiscuity? Statistical disease data does not suggest any northern such issues. The south east is where is plagued with infectious std/HIV. Suicide? Haven't heard of this. Are we just looking for disadvantages here? Don't bother, I agree there are disadvantages to every thing in life.

Islam has another provision we MUST REMIND these men to embrace as much as they embrace the young marriage. Most of the prophets wives were widows, his first and single wife till she died was even 15 years older than him, 40 when he was 25. So when they marry a young wife, as the prophet did, they MUST/SHOULD also marry a widow, as he did much more of.

I am a strong proponent of social welfare, God, only if these stupid protests in Nigeria were for /against corruption, bad leadership and for social welfare.

Superego:

My article right? because I wrote the same thing under the VVF heading.

This is true, so we can tell northerners- please delay your marriage, not because your religious values are wrong, no ban on it, but because the current nutrition level and health care can not handle it. Perhaps this approach will bring better results and will make us decide to improve health care, etc if guys wish to marry young. Guys and Africans are humans, not goats.

biafranqueen:

I also am a strong proponent of social welfare and if you read my post I am strongly against corruption and the current leadership in all the states. I am glad to read that you are 100% against child marriages. I am also happy that you agree that a 13-18 has nothing in common with someone that is 2 to 3 decades older then her.

I would love to read and support a topic written by you against corruption and bad leadership, your writing skills are superb.

Off topic are you really a Muslim working for a Christian organization? I hold no affiliation for any organized religion, I am just curious?

stone2x: [size=18pt]question [/size]Last bullet======> what on earth would attract a man of 50 years to a little girl of 14?

[size=18pt]Ans[/size]==================> sickness

BeaThings:
Here is a challenge
I dare the Christians here to go to the family court in Lagos or Ministry of Women Affairs to check out
Who commit the most act of molestation against underage girls. I am talking from age 4
I dare Christians to take up the challenge instead of preaching unfounded righteous homily here

biafranqueen: You are fine with what you see in this picture? Nothing is wrong with it? So you could marry your daughter at this age?

Superego:

Thank you for your interest, accommodation, respect, and reasonable discourse in this matter.

Corruption is not really my field, I am more about social ills:

I coined the phrase, "Genocidal thinking,"which you can rad ere: http://saharareporters.com/article/genocidal-thinking-dr-peregrino-brimah

"The Nuclear Alms Race" criticizes the north their habit of child abandonment: http://saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-almajiri-and-nuclear-alms-race

And "Peace With The Beast? Say Mun Kawo Karshensu" tells Boko Haram, that we will not negotiate with them, we will fight them to extinction: http://saharareporters.com/article/peace-beast-say-mun-kawo-karshensu-dr-peregrino-brimah

Please let me know what you think.

BetaThings:

This is a fabrication
Please stop it!!!


https://www.nairaland.com/1177010/hoaxes-fabrications-islam-muslims

biafranqueen:
http://saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-almajiri-and-nuclear-alms-race I have tears in my eyes this is very touching. I will leave a comment on all of them you are Very Very talented I totally agree with your assessment of the Boko Boys.

As for the http://saharareporters.com/article/genocidal-thinking-dr-peregrino-brimah
This is very brilliant many of my people are still damaged by Biafran War. If I was born during the war I myself may have also been damaged in the ways you mentioned in the article. We have to heal our country. Thank you for your contributions, you are doing a good job in expressing the views of your people. May Allah continue to bless you and your work!