Social media memes have trailed the controversial announcement of compulsory polygamy made by the government of Eritrea to cater for the interest of the teaming single women.
According to the statement written on the soft copy of a document circulating on the Internet,
Eritrea has ordered their men to marry not less than two wives or face life sentence.
In the statement, Eritrea called for all men in the country to marry at least two wives and the government assured the men that it would pay for the marriage ceremonies and houses. According to the government, the order is because there is an acute shortage of men occasioned by causalities during the civil war with Ethiopia.
The statement, though not officially confirmed, is written in Arabic. Here is the English translation:
"Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances which the country is experiencing in terms of men shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious Affairs has decided on the following:
“First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour.
“The woman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished to life imprisonment.”
Nigerians on social media took to their Twitter accounts to mock the situation with hilarious memes that will sweep you off your feet. See images below: