Raphael Ede, Enugu
The President General of Igbo apex
socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr. Nnia Nwodo, has
charged Nigerian women to rediscover their talents and stop
over-dependency on men, adding, “he who dares wins.”
He said that
the concept of ‘a woman is a passenger and not a partner’ should be
discarded, stressing, “in all civilised climes, a woman gives love,
respect and care not at a price but in reciprocity for her partner’s
affection and care.”
Nwodo gave the charge in a keynote address
on Thursday when Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
recognised Prof. Uche Azikiwe and Prof. Joy Ezeilo for their
contributions to the cause of women in Nigeria.
The event held in Enugu.
He regretted that in Nigeria, notwithstanding that women are more than men, public offices are still dominated by men.
“Women
find it difficult to mobilise themselves because most of them are
economically dependent on men and find it difficult to pursue their
convictions when such convictions go against the wishes of their male
partners.
“You can’t have talent and hide it like a lamp under a
bushel. You must not let people second-guess your abilities. It must be
so uncomfortable to see things go so bad when you know that you can do
them better,” he said.
While he identified economy of scale as a
dire necessity in women emancipation programmes, Nwodo enjoined women to
combine efforts and build stronger and broader-based organisation to
reach out to more people rather than “have multiple unrecognisable and
less impacting organisations.”
In her address, Prof. Joy Ezeilo
commended the organisers of the event for identifying her effort in
advancement of women’s cause in Nigeria.
Source:- Punchng
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