The 16 year old Borno girl. Photo: Isah Ojo
A 16-year-old junior secondary school dropout, (name withheld) says she chose marriage over staying at home when presented with the options by her parents.
She disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Online on Saturday during a media dialogue organised by the PAGED Initiative in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The teenager explained that she was not coerced into the union, but maintained that the economic reality affecting her parents made her realise that remaining at home would not yield any positive growth in her life.
“I went to school until JSS 3. I had to drop out after my Junior WAEC because a demolition by the state government caused my family to relocate to Mule in Maiduguri. My father is a mechanic. His shop in the Borno Expressway area was demolished when the state government decided to build a flyover,” she said.
