Today, Friday 14th March, 2014 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, said "The United Nations will not take any action against Nigeria as a result of the law banning same-sex relationship and marriage in the country." While speaking at a press conference in Abuja, shortly before the end of her visit to the country.
At the meetings with the ministers of foreign affairs and justice, Pillay had asked the Federal Government to review the Anti Same-Sex Marriage Act, which she said violated the statutes of the UN as well as the Nigerian Constitution. But the Federal Government, through Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Aminu Wali, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, informed her that the law will not be repealed. In her words she said: “The UN will not take any action against this law except to express concern... Universal standards should be accepted in the face of cultural practices and beliefs... I leave you with the question, would you condone violence and discrimination against people just because they are different?”
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