Admin l Tuesday, February 28, 2017
KANO, Nigeria – Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II is not happy with Muslim clerics and traditional rulers who beat up their wives. The Emir has threatened that the emirs and traditional rulers would lose their titles if they continue to beat up their wives.
“You should all come back to your senses and stop these barbaric [acts] because we will not allow this to continue in Kano. I have warned all district heads, village heads, ward heads and imams to also desist from the bad habit of beating their wives and whoever among them is reported to me to have beaten up his wife, would outrightly lose his title.” he said.
He also said that he is working on a bill to prevent the poor from marrying more than one wife.
“We are going to meet on Wednesday this week to review the over 80 pages of the law and make the necessary adjustment before presenting it to the State House of Assembly for passage into law”, he said.
According to him, residents are facing serious challenges in their family affairs.
“We have heard series of complaints where a father forced his daughter to marry someone against her wish. We have heard so many cases where people marry additional wives while they could not feed them well, clothe them well or give them good shelter even though they have the means to do so.
In this case, the proposed law provides that, a court of law would take something out of the man’s wealth to feed his family, give them shelter and clothes.
In the event the man makes any attempt to resist the court’s directives, then the law takes necessary action against him. If you know, your salary cannot take care of more than one wife, you should not get an additional wife” he said
