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Court’s order empowering LGs to conduct marriages confusing – FG

The Federal Government has described a court’s order which empowered local governments across the country to conduct marriages and issue certificates in respect of same as conflicting and confusing.

 

Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the closure of all marriage registries opened by the Ministry of Interior across  the country with immediate effect.

 

The judge declared that all marriages conducted at the registries were illegal, invalid and unconstitutional because only the Local Governments were empowered to do so constitutionally.

 

Justice Osiagor made the declarations while delivering judgement in a suit filed marked FHC/LS/ CS/816/18, filed by Eti-Osa Local Government Area  of Lagos State against the Ministry of Interior and Attorney General of the Federation.

 

However, the Ministry of Interior in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary/Principal Registrar of Marriages, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, faulted the court’s order.

 

The statement reads: “It is noteworthy that the same Federal High Court situated in Ikoyi, Lagos, in suit number FHC/L/870/2002 between Prince Haastrup and Eti-Osa Local Government held that the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior is constitutionally empowered to conduct marriages in Nigeria and held that the Local Governments were delegated by the Federal Government to conduct marriages, by virtue of Legal Notices issued pursuant to the Marriage Act.”

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