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MMM-Nigeria organised a green party show in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to celebrate Democracy Day

-The party was opened to members of the group and non-members

- The President of Abuja Guiders Forum said the gesture was part of solidarity by the group for Nigeria’s 18-years of uninterrupted democracy

MMM-Nigeria, a group for mutual financial aid and donations on Monday organised a green party show in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to celebrate Nigeria’s Democracy Day.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party, which held at the Millennium Park, was opened to members of the group and non-members alike. Mr Seyi Bello, the President of Abuja Guiders Forum of the MMM-Nigeria said the gesture was part of solidarity by the group for Nigeria’s 18-years of uninterrupted democracy.

LONG LIVE MMMNIGERIA.

For some days, there has been so much noise across various social media primarily on the roles of women and men in a marriage.

The concept of marriage has been overrated by so many people especially with civilization and the growing feminism movement which has been met with so many misconceptions.

In Africa, a woman is expected to take up the role of taking care of her family once her bride price has been paid and this includes cooking, washing dishes, doing the laundry and other domestic chores, while the man who bears the head of family tag is saddled with the responsibility of providing money for the family upkeep.

So it is more like the woman executes the plans while the man’s duty is to make sure the resources needed for the execution are always available.

Most times, some of them who are working class ladies come home so exhausted that cooking at that point could be a death sentence to them, hence the reason why understanding should be basic among couples.

In fact so many women have literally become executive housemaids with the only difference being that they have kids and raise them with the man who ‘hired’ them (not like some normal housemaids don’t have sex with the bosses and even have kids for them though).

However, education and westernization more people have come to conclusion that the woman doesn’t have a monopoly of cooking and doing other domestic house chores neither is it solely the man’s responsibility to provide for the family.

In this age and time, more women have learnt to be independent, therefore it is not out of the ordinary to see a woman who works and even earns more than her husband.

A lot of people, mostly youngsters have been actively engaged in the trending hashtags while voicing out their opinions on the subjects of discussion.

To some people, cooking is an uphill task and they will rather hire a chef to do the cooking if doing it will make them break down.

Now, the point raised by people under this class is quite understandable and not as awkward as a lot of people think, once such persons are buoyant enough to foot the bills of paying the chef and not have to extort from the husband to meet same goal.

The #WifeNotCook hashtag birthed the #HusbandNotATM hashtag as a lot of men have jumped out of their hideouts to slam women who support the notion of marriage being an affair of equal rights between the partners.

Men under the #HusbandNotATM hashtag are actually making a case of splitting the family bills which simply implies that men shouldn’t be the sole providers in marriages since women are no longer comfortable with the role of cooking and feeding the family.

They suggest that women should also be ready to bring some money to the table with which the bills of the family would be offset and in such case, men will also comfortably enter the kitchen and prepare the dishes for the family.

The truth remains that marriage is no child’s play, therefore it is advised that whoever wants to delve into it be first prepared all round to avoid stories that touch.

If people understood the concept of marriage so well, the #WifeNotCook and the #HusbandNotATM sure wouldn’t be an issue.

Meanwhile, marriage is not for everybody. If you can’t cope fine with the institution, simply opt out than starting what you cannot finish and in the end, looking for who to blame.