By Ebube Brown
Residents were yesterday left distraught after a heavy downpour in Mbanakwu community, Otolo Nnewi caused a flood that prevented the free flow of traffic.
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By Prince Igwebuike Chike Somtochukwu
My name is Prince Igwebuike Chike Somtochukwu and I’m a feminist. I am a feminist because I believe in an equal inequality. I believe that the original idea of the ideology has been watered down by my generation who has no Idea of what feminism is and really stands for.I believe that feminism is the remedy for the present social maladies we face as humans and the only way to solve it is to rightly define things. I have a definition of feminism which I must be allowed to voice out before receiving the criticism. I must be allowed to tell the tale of what feminism is to me.
Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes. This includes seeking to establish educational and professional opportunities for women that are equal to those for men. This is my own definition of feminism. It is meant to advocate for the right of women politically, economically, socially and professionally. It is targeted to give women a voice and a chance in their society to contribute to the development process of the society and foster mutuality between the men folk and the women folk. It was meant for the society. It was an ideology for both men and women alike to believe in and fight for. Fight, for our women who are the catalyst for the progress of every society. Stand by them. Voice our support against abuse of women. Speak as lone voices for them when all other voices go dumb or refuse to speak due to conventions of society. This is FEMINISM for me. This is the course I have chosen to champion. The equal right of men and women.
I wrote my Script “Stitches” after I read an article on Facebook advocating for the equal rights of women in their homes where the men and women are to be seen as equals and must shoulder responsibilities co-jointly. A wife shares the status of bread winner with her husband (if the writer of the post ever suggested marriage) and must draw a time table of chores for the both of them to share. A wife goes to work and comes back home late. She doesn’t cook for her husband. She doesn’t spend time with family. Her kids are far from her. She reminds her husband that they partners and not a couple. She bears her surname even after marriage with the excuse that she did not become a new creature after marriage. Something outside equality.
For my generation, feminism has been tagged to hating men than empowering women , and also in this generation, feminism is seeing women as more important than men (though I share that idea). For my generation, it is “what a man can do, a woman should do” and no longer “can do better”. They want to be like men which will make them a copy of who they were originally created by the Almighty. They have refused the background which is the center of the whole action on this planet. They want to be attributed the credits of their inventions (which is rationally understandable). I understand in a generation where poverty is the order of the day and people’s intellectual property is not safe guarded by any legal rights, it is natural for women to want a place in the world scene. My own generation of feminist wants the spot light (which is the one thing every human being wants). But I think this madness is on the spread because we have not actually defined who a woman is and her role in the development of the society. Until this question is answered, this battle of the two sexes going on all in the name of feminism will lead to a gender war
The woman is not a man and was never created to be a man. She was created as a help meet (not mate) to them. I am not a Christian but I would love to make citations from the Bible (New King James Version) which answers the question of feminism. Genesis 2 v 18 the Bible uses the word helper comparable to him. The word comparable does not show any sign of inferiority but superiority. It shows greater, unmatched.
I believe in the idea that the man is the head, but I also believe that the woman is the neck that stirs the head and the head can’t do without the neck. The man is the Television; the woman is the remote that controls the activities of the Television. They have this rare ability of maximizing little dreams. They have in them what it takes to turn an ordinary man into extraordinary being that shakes the world. Behind every successful man, there is a woman, be it wife, mother sister, friend, or even babe, but without that woman, your dreams will only be mere hallucinations- reveries. But check, behind every successful woman, it is still a woman. Men! They are good. They are much more than a gender. They are a movement. They are the transformation force of the society. In fact, we owe the match of civilization to these gems found everywhere that we have so lost every sense of value for them. We men rule the world, they rule the men. They are the actual rulers.
I think I understand the reason for the modern madness all in the name of Feminism. It is very simple. We see them as the weaker stock. As emotional beings, they want all the love that there can be to have for their place in the world which has been denied them by men who are so selfish and concrete than they are. They attribute all the achievements to themselves. The least the woman wants is some respect for her submission. For making you the man you are, for building your dreams with you, for giving up on their will to love and respect you. I don’t think they are asking for too much. They are asking for a little acknowledgement and appreciation for their efforts.
I don’t want to stop writing this article but I must drop it here with a few warnings. Feminism is for all of us but should not be an issue that will ruin homes in the coming years. We must know that what we hear as feminism is but irrationality, but true feminism is a social equality that entails submission to one’s spouse. In submission, I mean not humiliation but in humility. I also want to say that women should not strive for equal status with the men. They are far way more than them. They should maintain their place as it was initially set in the order of things and watch as the vast empire of men bow to their supremacy.
I’m a Feminist to the core. I live and fight for the rights of women. This is who I am.
My name is Prince Igwebuike Chike Somtochukwu My passion is coming up with creative ways to express a message, and drawing illustrations that people share on T.V
Thank You.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has urged communities in Anambra State to assist the agency in their fight against drug abuse.
The State Commandant of the agency, Mr. Sule Momodu made the call yesterday during a chat with newsmen in Awka.
Speaking through the Public Relations Officer of the agency in Anambra State, Charles Efosa Odigie, the NDLEA boss said that without a collective fight against the scourge, the agency will hardly win the war.
While commending some communities within the state as well as the government of Anambra State under Governor Willie Obiano for assisting the agency in the fight, Momodu regretted that some communities and market leaders harbour drug sellers; thereby heightening the scourge of the trend.
He noted that many people are under bondage in different ways today because of their addiction to drugs, and called on residents of the state bring their loved ones, who are already addicted to drugs to bring them to NDLEA for counselling, correction and rehabilitation at no cost.
He also urged community leaders to report dealers in their various communities so that their children will be safe from the scourge.
“Drug issue cannot be left for NDLEA alone. We have a shortage of logistics and manpower to handle the fight alone that we are seeking collaboration to achieve this.
“Anambra State government under Dr Willie Obiano see drug issue as very integral in his government, and he has been doing a lot to assist us”, he said.
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EPL: Kanu Nwankwo hits back at Emery over Ozil
Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, has warned Arsenal manager Unai Emery, to stop trying to change Mesut Ozil. Ozil, who earns £300,000 a week, is often the subject of criticism for his body language and failure to perform in crucial Premier League clashes.
Emery has tried to address this problem by urging the midfielder to show commitment and not shy away from the challenge when they face Chelsea this weekend.
However, Kanu believes Emery should focus on Ozil’s attacking qualities as any attempt to try and persuade him to alter his game will be unsuccessful.
He told The Sun: “Every player is different. What you need is his strengths, not his weaknesses. He can work on his weaknesses but you can’t change him.
“Either you accept him or you let him go. You don’t want Maradona or Messi to go back and defend, you want them to go and do what they know how to do.
“If it’s a style of play, the coach has to accommodate that and make room for Mesut to play in that manner. I don’t know why people are still complaining a lot about him.”
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Nnewi and the challenge of waste management
By Ebubechukwuzuloke Brown
Waste management appears to have become a serious environmental challenge in the industrial city of Nnewi Anambra state. Dump sites have become a common sight to behold across the town.
Heaps of festering waste dumps is in almost every nooks and crannies. The growing dignity, beauty, image, class and elegance of the industrial city of Nnewi is