Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013

Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013
National Assembly
Long title An Act to Make Provisions for the Prohibition of Relationship Between Persons of the Same Sex, Celebration of Marriage by Them, and for Other Matters Connected Therewith
Territorial extent	Nigeria
Passed	17 December 2013
Signed by	Goodluck Jonathan
Signed	7 January 2014
Introduced by	Bayo Ojo (PDP)
Voting summary	Unanimously voted for
Status: Current legislation

The Act to Make Provisions for the Prohibition of Relationship Between Persons of the Same Sex, Celebration of Marriage by Them, and for Other Matters Connected Therewith, also known as the Same Sex (Prohibition) Act 2006, was a controversial draft bill that was first put before the both houses of the National Assembly of Nigeria in early 2007. Seven years later, another draft was passed into legislation by president Goodluck Jonathan as the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013.^[1]