Respect Dignity Of Women, Emir Sanusi Tells Men

By Oladipupo Mojeed 

Emir of Kano Malam Muhammad Sanusi II believes justice, fairness, respect and mutual understanding are invaluable ingredients needed in every marriage.

The monarch was speaking against the background of rising cases of violence in marriages.

Speaking at an event tagged Kano Social Reform Project in Kano, Sanusi decried the “growing violence and maltreatment of women and children”.

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria said any society yearning for growth and development must find a way of treating women and children fairly.

He also pointed out that Islam abhors any form of discrimination, maltreatment and injustice against humanity.

This, he said, formed the basis for his agitation for the promulgation of laws that would enforce strict compliance with the doctrine of Islamic sharia such as violence against women and children particularly.

“A situation where an adult married a girl and gruesomely maltreats her is untenable, even as it is un-Islamic and must be condemned by all men of goodwill.

“We are not saying that a person has no right to marry a minor or teenager, but, what we are saying is that any husband must treat his wife or wives with respect and dignity in accordance with the religious injunctions,”the emir said.