Minister of Interior, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aregbesola. Photo: TWITTER/RAUFAREGBESOLA
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring the good conduct of statutory marriages in the country. x
Aregbesola, who made this known at the 2021 National Stakeholders’ Conference on the Administration of Statutory Marriage, on Friday, in Abuja, said this had become imperative due to the prevailing challenges associated with marriages in the country.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, in the ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, the minister noted that the ministry was responsible for the conduct of statutory marriages in Nigeria, as well as licensing of public places of worship for the celebration of statutory marriages.
He, however, said only the ministry has the right to issue the “only valid and legally recognised Certificate of Marriage.”
The local government registrars and the ministry have been having a running battle over the right to conduct statutory marriages in the country.
But in his Keynote address, Dr Belgore said: “The Ministry of Interior is statutorily responsible for the conduct of statutory marriages in Nigeria, Licensing of Public Places of Worship for the celebration of statutory marriages, and ensuring that statutory marriages are conducted in line with the Marriage Act Cap M6, LFN 2004 as amended.
“It is my utmost pleasure, therefore, to inform you about one of the major achievements of the Ministry which is the successful review of the contents of the 2nd Schedule to the Marriage Act known as the Legal Notices.
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A letter from the National Insurance Commission to the Nigerian Insurers Association on Thursday which was obtained by our correspondent gave the indications.
The letter was signed by the Legal Adviser, NAICOM, Talmiz Usman, titled ‘Re: Segmentation of minimum paid up share capital of insurance companies in Nigeria: Appeal for waver of December 2020 milestone, and was addressed to the director-general of the NIA.
The NIA had earlier written a letter to NAICOM which was received and acknowledged by the commission on Tuesday.