"Women are helpers, not slaves", stop maltreating them – Lawyer

Date: 2017-09-07

A lawyer, Mr Tayo Akanni, has urged government at all levels to lead the campaign against maltreatment of women and make sure the perpetrators are made to face the law. Akanni made the call in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin, saying "women are helpers, not slaves".

According to him, there is the need for women to have adequate protection against any form of maltreatment in view of its psychological effect on them, describing maltreatment of women as evil.

He expressed displeasure at the behaviour of the men who were maltreating women even at the slightest provocation, saying "some Nigerian men have no respect for women".

"Some men will assault their wives in the public not minding the effect. They have that sick mentality that their wives are their property and can be treated anyhow. "When you beat or insult a woman, it sticks to her memory as she will not be able to concentrate and properly carry out her daily activities.

"Women are not slaves. They are helpers. Men must learn to entertain their opinions and stop seeing them as weaker vessels.

"Africans must emulate the western world on how fair a society should be to a woman. Women's rights are well protected in most advanced countries unlike Africa where women are being subjected to slavery," he said.

The lawyer also appealed to journalists and religious leaders to campaign against maltreatment of women in order to move the society to move forward. NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara Politics     Bayer Nigeria Limited     IFK     Nigerian Correctional Service     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Amos Bajeh     Susan Modupe Oluwole     V.O. Abioye     Monsurat Omotosho     Gobirawa     Toyosi Thomas     Paul Olawoore     N-Power     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Tafidan Kaiama     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Alaaya     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Gbugbu     Okoolowo     Haliru Dantoro     Kwara State Government     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Galland Marcias     Folorunsho Erubu     Computer Based Test     Simeon Ajibola     Offa Metropolitan Club     Alaiye     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     New Model Police Station     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Dele Belgore     KWIRS     Share     Baba Issa Awoye     Olabimpe Olani     Egbewole     Olayinka Are     Moji Makanjuola     Akorede     Ilesha-Baruba     Unilorin FM     Yaman     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Folaranmi Aro     Ben Duntoye     Toyin Falola     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Ita-Ore     Emir Of Lafiagi     Sunday Otokiti     Bibire Ajape     Sunday Fagbemi     Ilorin     Galadima     Na\'Allah     Sabi     Okanlawon Musa     Bursary     Oloye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Muhammadu Buhari     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Abubakar Suleiman     Ilorin Like-Minds     Code Of Conduct     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Law School Scholarship     Oyedepo     Ramadan     JMK Construction Company Limited    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oke-Ode     Adedipe     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Al-Adaby     Temitope Ogunbanke     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Ebola     United Nigeria Congress Party     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Gbenga Awoyale     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Abioye Bello     Balogun Gambari     Tunde Oyawoye     Dogara     ASMAU PLAZA     Adeniyi Ojo     08001000100     Sheriff Shagaya     Kayode Ogunlowo     Quareeb Islamic Association     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Senate Presidency     Garba Idris Ajia     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Makama     Akeem Olatunji     Lola Olabayo     Baba-Isale     Ilofa     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Alimi     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Oloriegbe     Idofin     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Mustapha Akanbi     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     FERMA     Harafat E. Mukadam     Idi-Ape     Tsaragi/Share     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Peter Amogbonjaye     Michael Nzwekwe     General Hospital, Ilorin     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     CCT     Razak Atunwa     Public Holiday     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Sunset Workers     Balogun-Ojomu     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Jide Oyinloye     Habeeb Saidu     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Olugbense     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Plat Technologies     Akeem Lawal     Magaji Are     Moji Makanjuola     Baruten     Abiodun Oyedepo     Allocation     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bayo Lawal