The girls were handed over to the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Tuesday by the Department of State Services, DSS at the Women Development Centre, Abuja, where a facility has been prepared for them.
Nigeria will on November 29 join the growing list of African countries that have launched Anti-Child Marriage Campaign. Fifteen African countries have launched campaigns aimed at stemming the tide of child marriages.
There was panic at an Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Fufore local government area of Adamawa State, after the minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Hassan, slumped while on a visit to the camp.
