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Law
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus
Ilorin, Oct. 15, 2016 (NAN) Prof. Yusuf Badmus, the Dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies, University of Ilorin, has called on the National Assembly to stop the ongoing move to amend the inheritance law.
Badmus told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ilorin that the inheritance law was a Shariah law and should not be tampered with.
He said the law provides the laid down rules and regulations on how to share inheritance.
The don said there were other issues that the lawmakers could focus on which impact on the lives of Nigerians.
”There is no discrimination in Islam and Allah has commanded every parent to be just to all their children and has set aside a law in sharing inheritance.
”The women folks are always under the care of maybe a man or her parents.
“Therefore, she has not many responsibilities like a man and this was why the male gets a higher portion than females.
” It had been decreed and should not be altered because everyone will account for his or her deeds in the hereafter,” Badmus said. (NAN)
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