The Federal Government has reassured the general public that the Ikoyi Marriage Registry or any other Federal Marriage Registry under the Ministry of Interior, is legal and valid as the 1999 Constitution legally empowers the Federal Government to contract marriages.
Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages, Dr Shuaib Belgore, has therefore, urged all prospective couples planning to contract their marriages in any of Federal Marriage Registry during this festive season and beyond, to do so without entertaining any fears.
Director Press, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams, in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja, spoke in his office while reacting to concerns being raised by some people following misinformation in a section of the media.
Belgore said the misinformation and totally incorrect news making the rounds recently in the Social media-was incorrect and should be disregarded.
He further stated that there should be no cause for apprehension to all intending couples who have planned to be married during this festive period-and at any other time at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry in Lagos or at any other Federal Marriage Registry.
He stressed that the Federal High Court in three previous decisions had affirmed the powers of the Ministry to conduct statutory marriages, based on the provision of the Constitution, marriage acts and Legal Notices issued by the President and Minister of Interior.
He stated that these judgements are valid, subsisting and binding, until set aside by a superior court, which is not the case.
Dr Shuaib Belgore, therefore, wishes to again reassure the general public, especially intending couples that the contraction of all Marriages at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry is constitutional and Valid.
“The Permanent Secretary wishes all prospective couples planning their marriages during this yuletide a pleasant ceremony,” the statement added.
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