It was very exciting on air today, as we talked about the Plight of the Nigerian Widow. Over the years in Nigeria, there has been a lot of human rights abuse issues, especially when it comes to the right of widows. We have cases of widows locked up for days and weeks against their wish, just because they lost their husbands. At other times, they are forced to drink the water they used in washing corpses, so as to prove their innocence. Others are thrown out of the house they built with their husbands. When this happens, the children will be forced out of school because there's no money to pay their school fees.
I had some guests in the studio to discuss this topic with me live on air. Mrs Loretta Ahuokpeme, Cordinator of WANEP Rivers State South South Nigeria. I also featured Mr Ebo Ebere, a real Estate Consultant, to talk about his experience in managing estates belonging to widows. The guests solicited for attitunal change from both the male and female folk in Nigeria, to curb the I'll treatment of widows in Nigeria.
Callers called into the programme to share their experiences and profer solutions to discrimination against widows in Nigeria.
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