Abuja residents on Wednesday expressed reservation over the increasing indecent dressing by some people, especially the ladies, in places of worship in the FCT.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the phenomenon which they described as alien to Africa was gradually becoming a norm in the territory.

According to them, the development has contributed to the increase in the rate of immorality and other ills plaguing the society.

A cleric, Fred Ogar of Revival Assembly Church, Abuja, said the trend was not healthy for the society.

Ogar called for immediate action to be taken by parents and guardians to nib the dangerous norm in the bud.

“The ugly act has taken a dangerous dimension in the society with young ladies often found in attires that reveal their body anatomy inside out.

“To many, the dressing pattern is often seen as being suggestive and more embarrassing is the fact those dresses are mostly transparent.

“Because of this in 2008, the then Chairman, Senate Committee on Women and Youths, Sen. Ufot Ekaete, presented a Bill on indecent dressing on the floor of the Senate.

“The Bill was entitled, “An Act to Prohibit and Punish Public Nudity, Sexual Intimidation, and Related Offences.

“It proposed a jail term of six months for offenders, but humanitarian organisations condemned the bill,’’ Ogar said.

Mrs Hilda Kumbin, a retired school principal and mother of five, also expressed concern over the development.

She said that it was unfortunate that sanctity had been thrown to the dogs by the new generation, unlike in her days.

“It is unfortunate that standard has fallen in the society and parents are not helping because they don’t have time for their children.

“There are many reasons why young girls come out in indecent dresses, but the most important I think has to do with self-esteem.

“When a young girl feels inadequate, lacking self-confidence, she will do anything to draw attention to herself and wearing indecent clothes could be her way of doing that.

“They forget that for every action there is a reaction; and that is why we have series of cases like rape.

“Most young women have fallen victims to rape because of the provocative dresses they put on.

“I believe that indecent dressing debases womanhood, because it tends to expose parts of the woman’s body that form her treasure.

“Our pride as women lies in hidden and protected treasure, but when a girl exposes it to the public, it reduces her worth and esteem.

“The men lose respect for her because there won’t be anything left for them to explore.

“Any man that will come after her will only be doing so out of lust and just to devour what she has displayed for him.

“Even if you are decent but decide to wear indecent clothes, people will insult you,’’ Kumbin said.

But, Anita Kyaagba, an undergraduate, said that it was nobody’s business on what she decided to wear.

She said:“we are living in a free world and so, we are free to wear anything we want, Besides, since you didn’t buy the clothes for me, who are you to tell me what to wear?

“I wear what makes me comfortable, as a young girl, I follow fashion trend.

“I wear the best in vogue and if it accentuates some parts of my body and my boyfriend likes it, I don’t see anything wrong in it`.’’

Chioma Eliogu, another student, told NAN that she had to stop attending a church in which she grew up because the ushers stopped her from entering the church because of what she wore.

“I wore a mini gown, which highlighted my hips and bust and the ‘old-fashioned’ usher refused to allow me enter the church.

“Since then, I decided to join another church that won’t judge me based on my dressing but my heart.

After all, the Lord sees the heart not the body; so, why should anybody judge me?”

Another cleric, John Ishaku, urged parents, especially mothers, to take much interest on their girl-child, and called on mothers that dress offensively to desist.

“Parents and adults must dress well and honourably as an example for younger generations.

“The mass media should promote good moral values and religious leaders must strongly preach against indecent dressing because you will be addressed by the way you are dressed.

“Christian parents must teach their children how to dress decently because that is what the Bible says.

Quoting from Bible, he said,“In like manner also, that woman adorns themselves in modest apparel, with shame facedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.

“But (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.”

Ishaku said “It is a sin for a lady dressing half-naked to walk in the street or come to church.’’

Malam Yahaya Abdulaziz, a Muslim cleric, also said that, “No good Muslim woman will dress indecently because it is clearly written in the Holy Quran.

“Tell the believing men that they shall subdue their eyes (and not stare at the women), and to maintain their chastity.

“This is purer for them. God is fully cognisant of everything they do,’’ Abdulaziz said.

vodutive:


99% of all these so called human organisations are scams, if their cause was genuine why would you pay people to protest? The scam (or business) is to make a name for yourself by hijacking a cause, paying street urchins to protest (the investment) and hope that government will settle you with some contract or political post ( the reward). Daniel Kanu of YEAA (million man march) was the originator of rent-a-crowd in the late 1990s. This is straight out of Daniel Kanu's playbook. It's the model unscrupulous hustlers have been copying since.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kanu

MrDraey:
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Three months after it attacked its first target, Niger Delta Red Squad (RDRS), the new militant group operating in the oil bearing communities of Ohaji/Egbema council area of Imo State, said it has blown another facility belonging to Agip Oil Company at Umuonei in Awara community.

The group, which announced the attack in a Facebook posting, warned Agip personnel to keep away from the pipeline, as anybody found within the vicinity would be beheaded.

The group in the post by one General Don Wannie, claimed it struck because it has nothing to show for the operations of Agip, and other oil companies in their community since the creation of Imo State. “We have seen enough marginalisation and it has to be stopped,” he said.

The militant group said it was forced to resume hostility as a result of the continued criminal neglect of the oil-bearing communities by oil companies.
“We are not happy with Agip because they have continued to neglect our communities. Since they have refused to change, we have equally resumed the attack on their pipelines and we are going to blow until they do the right thing. “
The group, which vowed to chase out the oil company from Ohaji/Egbema council area said if the state government failed to compel the oil company to do the right thing, it would have no option but to also attack the offices of the Imo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (ISOPADEC), the Niger Delta Development Community (NDDC) among others in the state.

It also threatened to attack Governor Rochas Okorocha’s Ogboko village if government deployed any military to their community.

“To Imo State government and their security agencies, we ask you to give our people what rightfully belong to them. You think the best thing you can do is to plan how to deploy security men to our area. No problem… we are assuring you that no security agent will come to any part of Awarra and go without being beheaded,” it threatened.

After it hit a facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in Awarra, Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State in June, the group vowed to inflict maximum damage to oil facilities, if Ohaji/Egbema communities were not given due benefits from their oil resource.

Following the initial attack, the group said: “Oil companies started operation in our community since 1957, but up till date, we have nothing to show as benefit. For Imo State government, we will make sure you make no further gains from Ohaji/Egbema. “Since God’s creation, neither Imo State government nor oil companies have remembered us. We have been neglected and abandoned. No electricity. No tarred roads. No drinking water. No hospital. No youth employment or empowerment. We shall destroy everything in Imo State that was built with our oil money.”

Neither the state government nor the police was willing to confirm the attack, at press time.

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GTB in a zone all by itself