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No fewer than 473,565 Nigerians have signed for the ban and criminalisation of child marriage in the country. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 2022 report revealed that 22 million girls between 13 and 17 years already married in Nigeria, making the country the highest number of child brides in West and Central Africa. This number according to the report represents 40% of all child brides in the two regions.
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