Actor Majid Michel has advocated the need to re-look at the marriage registration system in Ghana, as he registered his displeasure with how things are currently done in that space.
Speaking at a press conference for the movie, ‘Adam The Eve’, which is about marriage, Majid pointed out that the Registrar General’s Department, the state authority which handles marriage registration, is not doing well enough to protect marriage as an institution.
According to him, this is because married couples are not being challenged to understand marriage before they sign up for it.
He has alleged that couples are allowed to sign certificates without making them go through a form of training system, as he insisted that would better prepare them to marry, instead of just walking into the Registrar General’s Department to sign.
“If I want to drive in this country, I will have to go through a test. They will test me and I have to pass the test. I have to memorise road signs. Then the state will now tell me that okay they are satisfied with my qualification, now we believe you can drive. You have convinced us by passing the test. Now get your certificate and get your licence.”
“But if I walk into Registrar General’s Department right now with actress Ingrid Alabi, they will ask me if I am sure we are not related? Then I say yes. They would say ok sit down and sign here,” he said.
Majid added that marriage vows are meant to be kept till the death of one partner, and that shouldn’t be taken for granted. “Couples must go through a series of training to acquire knowledge about marriage before they are allowed to sign up for it,” he reiterated.
Source: Daily Guide
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I think Majid gets it all wrong. One of the reasons you are tested before being given a driver's license is so that your ignorance or lack of knowledge of driving and its rules doesn't cause the death and/or havoc to the general public. I am not sure if we can liken driving to marriage as it is being compared in the write-up. Driving has been standardized and everybody is supposed to follow the same rules. I am not sure we can standardize marriage to that extent. In marriage, everybody is different and no two people are the same, and they can not be expected to behave the same in the same circumstance.
If u like go and meet the press some wai
Ahhh what hollow argument. Does he Majid has license or certificate from ministry of information or communication before meeting the press.
This is not about adultery and fornication go back and read what he said to the end before commenting. i think registrar general must look for someone with good morals to do that cos i dont think even those working there know much about marriage but maybe they dont do it cos they think is same that is thought during counselling session before the marriage
That is excellent Majid.But so far as Satan the devil is ruling the world, this wont happened cos of adultery and fornication