Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has joined thousands of Catholic faithful and other Nigerians to condemn the ongoing campaign for gay rights in some parts of the world.
Governor Nwifuru who reflected on African rich heritage and cultural values, maintained that such rights run contrary to the norms, values, culture and heritage of the Nigerian people.
In a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Dr Monday Uzor and made available to LEADERSHIP Friday, the governor identified disobedience, wrong application of feminism ideology and supremacist struggles among women as the commonest causes of divorce.
He called on the women never to bow to pressure from the winds of modernity and constitute themselves as burdens to their husbands.
Governor Nwifuru commended Mrs Uzoamaka Nwifuru for establishing the Better Health for Rural Women (BERWO), a platform, he acknowledged, has brought hope to the rural and indigent women.
“I am delighted to announce to us that BERWO is living in accordance with the philosophy behind its establishment. On this International Women’s Day, she stands as an inspiration to all of us,” he said.
He further appreciated the president’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for initiating various social programmes on the Renewed Hope Initiative, describing it as laudable.
Mrs Uzoamaka Nwifuru said her foundation is committed to investing in Ebonyi women by empowering them and eliminating all forms of violence against women and children.
“The inclusion of women in these vital areas of governance and administration at various levels, is a testament of the truth that women are catalysts for progress, in fact, no other state is on such a speedy wave of development like Ebonyi State.
“And so, I appreciate very deeply, my darling husband, father and governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru,” she said.
