"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.

Bola Olukoju     Split Diamond Interchange     Olayinka Olaogun     MalHub     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ajakaye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Sheriff Shagaya     A.E. Afolabi     Oke-Ode     Suleiman Ajadi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Sam Okaula     Ilorin Curfew     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Mamatu Abdullahi     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Trader Moni     Hamidu Olowo     Yusuf Abubakar     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Fola Consultant     Lawan     Segun Olawoyin     Post-utme     Baba Issa Awoye     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Omu Aran     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Segun Adeniyi     Olofa Of Offa     Balogun Ajikobi     Zaratu Umar     Kale Kawu     Kola Bukoye     EndSARS     Moses Afolayan     Kolawole Akande     Oba Abu     Taofeek Ibraheem     CACOVID     JMK Construction Company Limited     IsDB     Kwara 2019     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Olatunji Bamgbola     Sodiya     Olokoba Sulyman     Ishaq Abdulkarim     David Adesina     Buhari     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Abubakar Imam     Yakubu Danladi     Elerin Of Adanla     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Aliyu Alhassan     Aminat Omodara     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Owode Market     QuickWin     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Ahman Patigi     Gurei     Umaru Saro     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Adegoke Bamidele     Abdulhakeem Amao     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Kale Bayero     Awili Pedro     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Wahab Agbaje     Abdulraheem Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Senate Presidency     Saidu Yaro Musa     Doyin Group     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     National Democratic Congress     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Computer Based Test     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Saeedat Aliyu     Funmilayo Mohammed     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Jebba     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ile Arugbo     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Hamza Usman     Orire     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Idowu Laro     Saheed Popoola     KWSUED     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Aliyu Umar     Ronke Adeyemi     Ekiti     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Shehu Adaramaja     Garba Dogo     Fareedah Dankaka     Pacify Labs     Sam Okaula     Alore     Saba Jibril     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     SWAN     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Oloye     Fulani     Olatunde Jare     Rafiu Ibrahim     Abdulazeez Uthman     Ilofa     Razaq Atunwa     IsDB     Samuel Adaramola     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Reuben Paraje     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Donatus Ejidike     Edu     Gamji Members Association     NIRSAL     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Ilorin Amusement Park     Assayomo     Lithium     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Kazeem Adekanye     Odo-Owa     Vasolar Consultoria     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Face Masks     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Gbenga Olawepo     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Omu-aran     Modibbo Kawu     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Albert Ogunsola     Manzuma