The House of Representatives Committee on Women and...

The House of Representatives Committee on Women and Youth Development intervened in the case of a woman, Safiya Hussaini sentenced to death by a Sharia court for committing adultery saying it had persuaded the Speaker, Hon. Ghali Umar Na'Abba, to mediate in the matter.
This was disclosed by the Hon. Janet Adeyemi, when the Chairman of the Women and Youths Development Committee, Hon. Florence Aya, briefed newsmen on the forthcoming public hearing on state of protection and promotion of rights of women and youths in Nigeria.
Adeyemi said "we in the House Committee on Women and Youths Development have gotten the words of the speaker and his deputy to cooperate on this issue .We are going to mediate, but we don't want to mediate in such a way that it will generate additional controversy. A life is involved .And I can assure that steps we would take will eventually bring good result "
She cautioned against sectionalising the matter because it involved a constitutional issue which also bordered on religious affairs.
The position of the House came on the heels of a showdown between the Federal Government and the Sokoto Government over the matter.