CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE
Touched by the social injustice meted on Fulani girls in Nomadic primary schools by the parents of the girls, who drag them into child marriage, Nenpan joined her sister Eunice, a nomadic teacher, in an effort to bring the menace to public notice. During one of the ceremonies of the child marriage Nenpan and Eunice went and joined the marriage rite to have exhibits for their campaign. They took snap shots of the child-bride snatched from school in class four, her bride-maids, and other guests present. They wrote a letter of complaint to the then Executive Chairperson of Universal Basic Education Board Plateau State, Mrs Sarah Ochepe, (now a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) through the Pankshin Local Government Education Authority. The later dated 8th April 2008 has the heading: THE PATHETIC FATE OF THE GIRL CHILD IN NOMADIC SCHOOLS. In the letter Eunice lamented that for about seven years of her career as a nomadic teacher she has not seen up to five Fulani girls that have successfully completed primary school and proceeded to secondary school. Their education is untimely cut short by their parents who force them into under aged marriage. The girls are usually between the ages of 12 to 15. The pathetic condition of such girls after childbirth is better imagined than said: their future ruined. Find below the pictures of Nenpan and Eunice at the child marriage ceremony.
Child-bride in the centre, flanked by Nenpan at the left, and Eunice at the right
Bride maids of the child-bride (alas children, they are themselves, posing as bride maids!) with Nenpan, Eunice and Madam Helen Jacob posing at the back
Nenpan, Eunice and other wedding guests before kitchen items purchased for the child-bride to start her home with