Also published in Daily Trust
The war of words that erupted
among Nigerians over marriageable age is hardly understandable because the vast
majority of the “warring parties” don’t seem to fully understand the bone of
contention between them in the first place. And even though some few
commentators have observed how the issue was right from the beginning
misrepresented hence widely misunderstood, arguments and counter arguments of
various quality levels continue to flow in
the social media, blogs, websites and even newspapers.