FG Speaks On Marriage Certificates Issued At Ikoyi Registry

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FG Speaks On Marriage Certificates Issued At Ikoyi Registry


By VAM News

The Federal Ministry of Interior has clarified that all marriages conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry are valid and legal.

 

The ministry of interior says the reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry are “false and misleading”.


The Eti Osa LGA of Lagos state had in a suit marked FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 taken the ministry of interior to court challenging its power to operate marriage registries, conduct weddings and issue marriage certificates.


Giving judgment, a fedral high court in Lagos had ruled that the LG councils are statutorily responsible for issuing marriage certificates in Nigeria.


The development had sparked reactions, with several media reports claiming that the court nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry.


In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry faulted reports which had set tongues wagging on social media, that marriage certificates issued at the Ikoyi registry were invalid.


The ministry’s Permanent Secretary/Principal Registrar of Marriages, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated that existing court judgments were empowering the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior to conduct marriages, by virtue of Legal Notices issued pursuant to the Marriage Act.


He said, “It is further worthy of note that the issue of formation, annulment and other matrimonial causes are by virtue of Item 61 of the 1st Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria exclusively reserved for the Federal Government.


“The General Public is invited to note that these judgments are all still subsisting, competent, and have not been appealed against till date.”


There had been reports that a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, ruled that the marriage certificates issued by the Ikoyi Marriage Registry were worthless.

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