Senate Puts Legal Age To Have Sex In Nigeria At 11 Years.

I find this bill really absurd and clueless,the Nigerian National Assembly has pegged sexual age for children as 11years. This item is contained in the recently passed sexual offences bill.

With the passage of the Sexual Offences
Bill, 2015 by the senate on Wednesday,
the legal age to have sex in Nigeria has
been pegged at 11 years and above. The
bill prescribes life imprisonment for
rapists and intercourse with children (below 11
years).

The President of the Senate, Sen. David
Mark congratulated Sen. Chris Anyanwu,
the sponsor of the Bill and expressed
delight on the efforts of the committee to
evolve a stronger law against sexual
violations.

Anyanwu listed some of the
sexual offences captured by the bill to
include gang rape, lacing drinks with
drugs with intent to sexually abuse,
deliberately infecting partner with HIV
and other diseases. Others include child
sex tourism, sexual harassment and
prostitution of persons with mental
disabilities. Anyanwu added that passage
of the bill “… is indeed a fulfilment of my
mission in the Upper Chamber.’’