Ban on same-sex marriage irrevocable, says Mark

David Mark

Nigerian Senate President David Mark disclosed on Monday though his chief press secretary that the bill prohibiting same-sex mariage would be passed.  

The international community and human rights activists have mounted enormous pressure on Nigerian government to reconsider any plan to enact the law.

The chief press secretary to David Mark in a statement said that the Senate president made this known while addressing Catholic faithful and guests at the civic reception in honour of John Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan in Abuja that the law making same-sex marriage illegal has come to stay.     

Mark was quoted by Mumeh to have said: “ We will not compromise on this. I want to invite you all to join the crusade of decency in our society. There are many good values we can copy from other societies but certainly not this one (same-sex marriage).”

He added “We have to prove to the rest of the world, who are advocates of this unnatural way that we Nigerians promote and respect sanity, morality and humanity. Every individual is a product of the union of a man and woman.”