The former governor of Niger State,
Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has stated that it is wrong to believe that only the
woman folks belong to the kitchen.
According
to him, “men also belong there.”
President
Muhammadu Buhari had, recently in Germany, declared that his wife, Aisha
belonged to the kitchen and the other room in reply to his wife’s protest that
some unknown politicians had hijacked his government.
Aliyu,
who spoke in Minna, Niger State capital, at the annual lecture series organised
by Newgate College of Technology, said: “Looking at the issue critically, and
in Islamic terms, it is actually the man that should be in the kitchen as
provided for in the Holy Quran.
“The
woman should only be in the ‘inner room,’ while the men should provide all the
needs of the woman, including making purchases from the market for the use of
the family.
“Islam
does not permit women to go out indiscriminately, as they are supposed to be in
the house taking care of the children.”
Aliyu,
however, said that no matter the situation, especially during recession period,
both husband and wife were supposed to work hand-in-hand by supporting each
other for the good of the family and society. He also faulted men who took many
wives under the guise of religion, saying “the era of men taking many wives has
gone.
“Those
that have married more than one wife and claimed that the scriptures allow it
are doing so ignorantly and out of the tenets of Islam.
“What
the law says is that if you can be faithful and fair to two wives, you are
allowed to take more than one wife. But I don’t see how a man can be faithful
and fair to more than one wife at a time.”
Credit; Omojuwa
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