Councillor Seeks Quality Education For Children

Councillor representing Opobo/Nkoro Ward 7, Hon. Esther Victor Omubo-Pepple, has enjoined parents to ensure that they discipline their children and give them decent western education in line with modern societal trends.
Omubo-Pepple, who spoke to journalists on the need for parents and other leaders in Nigeria to give their children quality education for better future, explained that it was the only way Nigerian parents could develop themselves.
Noting that a person without sound education has no future in today’s world, she faulted the high cost of marriages in the country, stressing that it was inimical to the development of the society. Omubo-Pepple also called for the respect of marital relationships, which demand the cutting down of the dowry.
According to her, “in Nigeria today, parents and relations have formed the habits of selling out their daughters to their prospective in-laws sequel to the fact that such husbands or in-laws acquired lots of wealth, which she said, is uncalled for and needed to be revisited for prosperous marital future.
“I have witnessed in many occasions where brides were sold at the expensive rate of N500,000, N1.5million and N800,000 respectively. It is very unfair if this kind of thing keeps going in our society. If the marriages ended, what would the parents have in the homes of their in-laws, of course, disappointment and maltreatment will take place. I therefore appeal to Nigerian parents to cut the marital dowry and other expenses to be affordable for better future”, she said.
She stressed that sound measures have become imperative to avoid a situation where the borrowed trends of expensive marriages had forced families to abject poverty after such ceremonies.
The councillor called on traditional institutions, religious bodies, the government and critical stakeholders to partner in eradicaing alien cultures, values and traditions that were not beneficial to the growth and development of the nation.

By: Bethel Toby