The controversial Equal Rights and Opportunities for men and women bill, yesterday, failed to scale through the second reading at the Enugu State House of Assembly.
The Bill, sponsored by Hon. Dame Nkechi Omeje-Ogbu, Nsukka West Constituency and House Committee Chairman on Gender Affairs, which had earlier passed the first reading suffered a setback when most members kicked against on the grounds that it was anti-cultural as well as anti-African.
It was heading for eventual total rejection when the Speaker, Hon. Edward Ubosi intervened and suggested that they should step it down to make room for further consultations.
The sponsor of the bill, Mrs. Lidya Nkechi Omeje- Ogbu said that Enugu State equal opportunities bill if passed into law would protect all persons from discrimination on the basis of sex.
She said that the bill provided protection for women, integrity, human dignity and would affirm their rights to equal opportunities to realize their full potentials.
She added that the bill was seeking for positions and appointments to women of Enugu State, adding that neither marriage, divorce nor widow would deny women their rights.
She said that Enugu state women should be given equal opportunities as men and women attended the same school, and are awarded the same degree and wondered why they should be discriminated against.
Ogbu said that the purpose of the bill was to give effect to chapters 2 to 4 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
Contributing to the debate before it was stepped down, Hon. Sunny Ude- Okoye member representing Awgu north constituency said that he would not be a party to such bill becuase here is Africa and not America.
Ude-Okoye suggested that if anybody wants such practice as suggested in the bill, such a person should go to America.
“I have risen to declare my stand. I have risen to take my stand that this is a colossal waste. The bill is talking about the women, the women. Who is deceiving who?
“Here is Africa. Anybody who wants to practice what Obama and Americans are practising should go to America”, he pointed out.
He pointed out that debating on the bill was a waste of time because the right of everybody, including women, had been provided for in the constitution.
“It is a total deceit. If you say 35%, it is deceit. Why not say 50%? I am saying that I am against the bill in its entirety and will never be in support of it”, Ude-Okoye maintained.
Hon. Iloabuchi Aniagu representing Nkanu West spoke like Ude-Okoye and said that the bill should be stepped down for further consultation.
Aniagu said the bill might be talking about gay marriage, pointing out that there could be some unseen hands at work.
“I can see some unseen hands in the bill”, he added

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Lawbreakers.

Really!!!!!

Illiterate Igbo man

its quite unfortunate that women continue to suffer for the sin of eve. i believe the future might be bright
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Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I
will greatly multiply Your
pain in childbirth, In pain
you will bring forth children;
Yet your desire will be for
your husband, And he will
rule over you."

Those wemen re living in abstract world full of fantasies. God never made all things equal,whether as people or nation,that's why we've what's called ''uneven distribution of wealth'' all Animals re equal but some re more equal than what?