The Vice Chairman, Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases, Senator Sadiq Umar, has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has made some stubborn husbands to behave properly with their wives.

He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 34th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He was speaking on a question on the outdated Mental Health And Illness Bill.

Umar said, “We have demonstrated that enough and I tell you something, even if you don’t want to do that, you know there is a new Sheriff in town now, it is called Oga Corona, COVID-19. Even stubborn husbands have been made to behave now with their wives and families.”

Speaking on the bill, the Senator said, “I can tell you authoritatively that this Senate is aware of how antiquated mental illness laws are so as at today, Distinguished Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe has sponsored a new robust Mental Illness Bill that has passed the First Reading, it has passed the Second Reading and it is referred to the Committee for the final preparations for passage.

“Unfortunately, with COVID-19 we can’t have public hearing, but as soon as we can have public hearing, this law will be passed expeditiously. Interestingly, mental illness is also important to us in the Senate that another Distinguished Senator, Senator Shettima brought another bill on mental illness.

It’s passed the First Reading and about to go for the Second Reading. “Be rest assured that mental illness concerns will be robustly taken care of by this National Assembly. However, let me say that laws alone will not solve our mental illness problem.

Mental illness is a multidimensional issue: emotional, economic and superstitions and society has a role to play, good governance has a role to play in it.”

He said the Senate at their meeting resolved that the nation need to be more aggressive, need to be more courageous in dealing with COVID-19 because the virus is here and it is going to be around for a long period. He added, “We can’t continue to run away, we have to take courageous decisions.

However, we will not take decisions so quickly without considering science and data and as scanty as data is so far, what is available is good enough for our scientists and we have a lot of them working with this team. “They should play around with the data and tell us what’s going on. We know what the morbidity and mortality are saying so far.

We need to open this country, but slowly, carefully and scientifically and we will do that so that the damage that COVID-19 is causing, economically nobody can quantify it, may be the morbidity and mortality we experiencing in Nigeria.

"Even if the government opens, the enforcement can best be carried out by taking responsibility. Citizens, you wash your hands, you social distance, you wear face masks. This is a life we’ll have to live for a long time to come. “I expect a cultural revolution.

COVID-19 should bring that culture revolution, which is for example like say social distance. We love parties, wedding ceremonies and these cost us billions of naira. Please let’s stop this for some time and reinvest that money in education and health.

Those who are rich and powerful already have enough money for their education and health. Please, reinvest that for the masses,” the Senator said.

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/covid-19-forcing-stubborn-husbands-to-respect-their-wives-senator.html

But are you sure?

It was just words of mouth. Nothing was really said on the topic.

Only those that are ready to change for better. Some men are perpetual molesters . There is a man in my neighborhood that used to awake his wife with serious beating during the complete lockdown. The molestation has reduced now because he goes out every morning and returns late

Mr Senator na where you see reach naim you know oo

When the title and content of an article are saying different things...

Load Of Crap

How did these people arrive at such data

Check it

Ok

Yeye assertion everywhere

Mtcheew

Try it

Lol

Corobaby, you are breaking homes and relationships too...

Ok

And forcing the masses to stay at home without palliatives, while una de cash out like SINZU.

They asked u a simple question and u dey answer aeroplane turner

here in lagos, so called big girls are now giving attention to the guys they called small boys before. Their Big god has being missing. Now, you will give them small money and they will answer you oo. Lol

Ok

Lol.

Naso one Nairalander call me say em wife dey force am to purchase this (pics below). But them no price well. Married men Sha dey try

Decadence has taken hold of Nigerians that women have no problem dating married men.

Then these so called side chicks will expect get to good faithful husbands after sleeping with other people's husbands.

NO WAY


What those gals sow, shall they reap.

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

They have serviced other women's husbands, so shall younger gals service their own husband.

We live in a sick society, shouldn't this be basic.

GboyegaD:
It was just words of mouth. Nothing was really said on the topic.

Wetin you been wan hear?

How did you arrive at that.

Meanwhile "He was speaking on a question on the outdated Mental Health And Illness Bill"

And how to endure their nagging

The senator of the federal Republic of Nigeria

aeion:
When the title and content of an article are saying different things...

kinda funny headline

This man brain is same as that of Igbos. Brainwashed Igbos.

I pray Corona reset Igbos brain.

Pigs and idiots _ Nnamdi kanu