It would be recalled that the Same Sex Bill, 2011 was passed
by the Senate on Tuesday 29, November, 2011 and the House of Representatives on
Tuesday 2, July 2013.
However, some differences were noticed in the two versions
of the Bill, as passed by the two Chambers. Consequently, a Conference
Committee was constituted in the Senate on Tuesday 9 July 2013 to reconcile the
areas of differences, which appeared essentially in five clauses of the Bill.
In detail the Bill passed by the Senate provides: a marriage
contract or civil union entered into between persons of same sex by virtue a
certificate issued by a foreign country shall be void in Nigeria.
