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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Women Empowerment and Legal Aid, Mrs Funmi Falana, has lamented the impact of the prevailing insecurity in the country on women and children.

She argued that the marginalisation of women in governance has left the country in a “shameful and embarrassing” state. She contended that a shift toward female leadership—rooted in compassion and fiscal honesty—is no longer just a matter of equity, but a necessity for national survival.

Falana, who accused the nation’s leaders of plunging Nigeria into its current security crisis, urged them to rise and resist what she described as “evil” to restore the safety of lives and property.

The human rights lawyer spoke on Sunday in Ado Ekiti during a visit to the Erelu Angela Adebayo Children’s Home, Iyin Ekiti, where she held her annual Christmas party with the children and presented food items and gifts.

She said, “I have come to celebrate Christmas with the children of Erelu Adebayo Children’s Home, an orphanage in Ekiti State, and this is what I do every year. It is a time to give back to society and to let the children here know that they are as important as their contemporaries elsewhere.

“I want to advise Nigerians to emulate this. This is what people of means should be doing. This is where resources should be channelled to impact the lives of the less privileged. Instead of wasting money on frivolities, these are the things that lift souls. This is the desire of God for men and women.”

She added that the failure of leadership in the country had strengthened the call for increased female participation in governance.

“That is why we have continued to say that women are marginalised. We say, let women do it and let us see the difference. Nigeria has continued to have male presidents, and they have continued to fail Nigerians.

“I am saying women can do better because women have the heart of compassion and will be more honest with government resources”, the SAN added.

Speaking further on insecurity, Falana said women and children were the most vulnerable in any society, describing the situation as tragic.

She said,“It is very sad. Even the future is bleak for them. Homes and schools are no longer secure. You see children being picked up by bandits in the northern parts of the country, even from their schools.

“It is unfortunate that these children, who are not responsible for where they were born, find themselves in this situation. I want to tell Nigerians that these children will not forgive them if our leaders do not stand up to resist this evil and defend Nigerians so that we can have proper security.

“It is shameful and embarrassing that we have found ourselves in a situation where foreign forces reportedly launch attacks because our government appears helpless. Our leaders encouraged this mess and brought us to this level.”

She expressed concern over the inability of the country’s leadership to tackle terrorism and its sponsors, describing the situation as “very sad.”

Recall that Falana recently urged President Bola Tinubu to convene an emergency strategy meeting on measures to address the challenges confronting children in Nigeria.

The WELA founder had said in a statement that about 18.5 million Nigerian children are out of school, over 60 per cent of whom—more than 10 million—are girls, noting that Nigeria has the second-highest figure globally, according to UNESCO.

She said the crisis had been compounded by the failure of many state governments to pay counterpart funds required to access the Universal Basic Education Commission’s matching grant of about N135bn.

“As a result, millions of children are forced into early marriage, while others are regularly recruited by terrorist groups, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal gangs,” she said, adding that an estimated three million Nigerians are internally displaced due to poverty, terrorist attacks and climate change.

She recalled that on May 27, 2025, political leaders joined their counterparts worldwide to celebrate Children’s Day, stressing that beyond celebrations, governments at all levels must urgently address the crises confronting children.

“Nigeria has the second-highest number of stunted children in the world, with 37 per cent of children under five suffering from chronic malnutrition,” she added.

Source: https://punchng.com/yuletide-falanas-wife-blames-male-leadership-for-nigerias-failure/

I see why apostle paul made this harsh advice for women : "Women should remain silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak"

He knew that no matter how intelligent a woman is, her state as a weaker vessel will always show in the way she thinks and talks.

Nigerias failure has nothing to do with gender, tribe , religion or political affliliation. Thats what the powers that be what you to think. Dont let them deceive you.

The MAIN PROBLEM of nigeria and africa as a continent is this 👇

Where is the data to back up the claims made by Falana's wife?

Is Nigeria the only country with male presidents or prime ministers?

bolabizzle:
The MAIN PROBLEM of nigeria and africa as a continent is this 👇

Please leave America or UK out of this. They are not our main problem. That's just a conspiracy theory. America and UK love us and they come up with policies via the IMF that has made Nigeria the giant of Africa and the richest country in Africa.

Our main problem is APC. Come 2027, we should kick APC out and bring in someone from another party.

It doesn't matter if the person we are bringing in was once in APC or PDP.

Yes, I think that is a brilliant Idea.

Na falz mumzy be that??

insidelife22:
Na falz mumzy be that??

nah!!!

na gumi second wife.

Shebi we don hear say na women wey go fit do am better. E go shock them when they see the real change wey dey come.

SarcasticWords:
Please leave America or UK out of this. They are not our main problem. That's just a conspiracy theory. America and UK love us and they come up with policies via the IMF that has made Nigeria the giant of Africa and the richest country in Africa.

Our main problem is APC. Come 2027, we should kick APC out and bring in someone from another party.

It doesn't matter if the person we are bringing in was once in APC or PDP.

Yes, I think that is a brilliant Idea.

Sweet Sarcasm.

Mama Falz on point. Women should take politics seriously. Demand for either vice-presidency or senate presidency. And some governorships. If all women declare nationwide bedroom strike, we may even give you the presidency.

I want to agree with her, but when I remember Patricia Olubumni Etteh, I find it difficult to

Is she now a feminazi activist


Madam,mbok enter house

So Mrs Funmi Falana is blaming male leadership for the failure of Femi Falana to win 2023 LP governorship election in Ekiti?

How exactly are women marginalized for leadership positions? According to the last census, there are more women than men in Nigeria, but during elections most of them either don't vote or vote for only male candidates. How's that men's fault? I wonder why females don't like taking accountability.

Na this werey born Falz

The female president will do better like that of Tanzania

she is a reflection of her home then
the head of her house too must have failed

Women don't wanna be soldiers fighting in wars,they don't wanna be bricklayers or truck pushers..
They only want juicy positions they didn't work for..
Cos they have a piece of organ😹..

A drunkard(man)is more intelligent than 4 women with PhDs

SmartPolician:
I want to agree with her, but when I remember Patricia Olubumni Etteh, I find it difficult to

And diezani…women always claim they’re different until they taste power…they are even worse normally…some of them ordinary school principals they behave like gods and bring out their full jezebel spirit

I see a well-known Chicago drug mule running mad soon

This I have seen!

In other words, male politicians like Peter Obi, Atiku, Alex Otti, El-rufai, Tinubu, etc. are our problems.

Men have generally failed on the African continent, not just in Nigeria.

If a white man from another country (France) can engineer an African man to bomb a neighboring African country on his behalf, and another white man in another country (USA) bombed back Nigeria when it's not a war, then men have failed in Nigeria.

Note that a new type of cold war is going on right now in the world. This is happening because the first post colonial generation in third world countries (who are still essentially slaves, it doesn't matter their social status) are aged and dying out. This is creating an elite vacuum that most of us can't see. The West want to fill in the new elites.

Those of us who've studied the secrets are aware of this. There's a shift of thought going on right now in third world countries.

Countries like Burkina Faso will be freed, while others who fail to act will remain enslaved.

NB: More details in my upcoming book

How far the female leadership in tanzania?

What a man can do a woman can do better

Na so dem dey talk am

bolabizzle:
I see why apostle paul made this harsh advice for women : "Women should remain silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak"

He knew that no matter how intelligent a woman is, her state as a weaker vessel will always show in the way she thinks and talks.

Nigerias failure has nothing to do with gender, tribe , religion or political affliliation. Thats what the powers that be what you to think. Dont let them deceive you.

The MAIN PROBLEM of nigeria and africa as a continent is this 👇

if you are not a woman weakness like you portray, you would have asked the roght question which is why allow yourself to be taken as slave back then and NOW...stop looking outside for the enemy, the enemy is yourself, fix that and you got yourself fixed..there is no boogeyman anywhere

Isn't that a fallacy?

Isn't it

Women in power have always proved to us that what a man can loot, a woman can loot it more. E g Patricia Etteh

No matter the literate level of Women, they would always come out to say rubbish

So we should jst dash you women the presidency becos u are a woman

Bunch of dumbos...if you don't fight fr it like everyone else then go and sleep

obaidan:
DIezani, Patricia Eteh, Ngozi Olejemeh, Betta Edu, Stella Oduah, Adenike Grange,

Just take a look at your reasoning, you want to compare these few females to millions of male looters past and present?

Tinubu, Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi, former Minister of aviation and the fake Nigerian Air Hadi Sirika, Yahaya Bello, Dazuki, Farouk of NSSDPRA, Atiku-in-chief of looting, Emefiele, Malami, and so many more

In fact all male politicians are everlasting thieves, kleptomaniacs,

Females will rule Nigeria very soon.