Women are not sex objects! – female lawyers blast Senator Ndume
– The International Federation of Women Lawyers blasted Senator Ali Ndume for urging Nigerian men to take a second wife
– The FIDA described the call by Ndima as disparaging and meant to demean Nigerian women
– Members of the organization stressed that women are not “sex objects”
The International Federation of Women Lawyers blasted Senator Ali Ndume.
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has blasted Ali Ndume, the Senate leader, who called on all Nigerian men to take a second wife.
The senator raised the issue on the floor of the Senate while contributing on a motion marking International Women’s day.
“As a sign of respect and love for the women, urge all men unless the religion prohibits to marry more than one wife,” he said.
However, the Senate over-ruled a motion for Nigerian men to take more than one wife in the country.
Today.ng reports that members of the FIDA described the call by Ndima as disparaging and meant to demean Nigerian women.
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Inime Aguma, the country vice president/ national president of the FIDA, stressed that the organization was outraged by the utterances on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the Senate.
“The remarks made by Senator Ndume are disparaging and meant to demean the women of Nigeria and portray them as “sex objects”, whose clamour for gender equality can be realized by being married off by men.
“May we remind the senator that Nigeria is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and his utterances negate the provisions of Article 16 that ‘State parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage,” she said.
Meanwhile, Binta Masi Garba, a senator from Adamawa state, has also criticized Ndume by saying: “We are not sex objects. Bible is in support of one man one woman. We want gender equality where women can work side by side.”
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