ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Monday, May 16, 2022
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Gay Marriage: Cote d’Ivoire will stick to its laws, traditions – Ouattara

Gay Marriage: Cote d’Ivoire will stick to its laws, traditions – Ouattara

byPremium Times
July 9, 2013
1 min read

The country was granted a N9.5 million to fight against discrimination against gays.

The Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, has said that the country will strictly follow its laws and tradition on the issue of gay marriage.

A statement from the presidency quoted Mr. Ouattara as saying this while interacting with Ivorians in Kohogo at the end of his one-week official visit to the Savannah region in the northern part of the country on Monday.

“I do not have much comments to make on this issue; we have laws in Cote d’Ivoire, we have traditions too; we will stick to them,’’ the statement quoted him as saying.

Mr. Ouattara’s statement is coming after the French Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire gave a CFA 30 million (N9.5 million) grant to a non-governmental organisation to fight against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Some ordinary Ivorians expressed concern over the grant, viewing it as a move to support same sex marriage and homo-sexuality.

The Ivorian Minister of Public Service, Gnamiem Konan, recently described gay marriage as “purely un-African.”

He said it was unreasonable for people of the same sex to think of marriage since it could not lead to procreation.

“Gay marriage is an aberration, it is a radical deviation from our moral and cultural values as a people,” he said.

(NAN)

1X Bet AD

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate



TEXT AD: To place an advert here . Call Willie - +2348098788999


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (3)
premiumtimes





PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Breaking: Four Boko Haram members sentenced to life imprisonment over Suleja, Nasarawa bombings

Next Post

Jonathan preaches peace, fairness, unity during Ramadan

Premium Times

Premium Times

More News

Former Head of State, Sani Abacha

EXCLUSIVE: The men who helped Abacha launder $23 million recently recovered by UK govt

May 16, 2022
Nigeria Police officers on duty

BREAKING: Again, arsonists raze local council headquarters in Anambra

May 16, 2022
Nnamdi Kanu

Kanu’s trial: Four-day lockdown looms in South-east

May 16, 2022

Blasphemy in Nigeria’s legal systems: an explainer

May 16, 2022
Nigeria Police officers

Gunmen abduct lawmaker representing Soludo’s community in Anambra

May 16, 2022
5G Network: NCC

Hackers can unlock, steal your vehicles, NCC alerts Nigerians

May 16, 2022
Next Post
Jonathan, Nigerian wealthy family named in “dubious” Malawi oil deal

Jonathan preaches peace, fairness, unity during Ramadan

U.K. to ban Boko Haram, Minibar Ansar-Deen’s operation in Britain

U.K. to ban Boko Haram, Minibar Ansar-Deen's operation in Britain

Read All Comment

Search

AUN-PT Ad





Transport-Technology


Stanbic Ad


Access Bank Ad





Glo Ad


Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,835,934 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • #PandoraPapers
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Opinion
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.