Nigerian state passes child protection bill but declines to regulate age for marriage

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Nigerian state passes child protection bill but declines to regulate age for marriage

The lawmaker said any provision in the bill that was in contrast to Islamic principles and law, the culture of the Hausa, Fulani people was erased.

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