Society and the Family Indulgence

Here is the view of a woman concerning the falling standards of family responsibilities.

We do know that:
Individuals make up families,
and the families make up the society, therefore the status of the society can not rise above that of the family. A better reason why we should all sit back and make-up our families before coming to the society.

Many things need to be corrected and the correction must begin with us!

In the light of the above, wife of the Akwa Ibom State governor, Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, has said that most of the country's social problems are traceable to the loss of moral values at the family level. 

Akpabio made the remark, on Friday, while addressing executive members of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) who paid her a courtesy visit at the Government House, Uyo. 

"Some of the challenges we are facing as a country today is because we have lost our family values. 

"We have neglected our children for too long, that is why they sometimes rebel. I believe that God is not happy with us as mothers because we indulge our children too much. 

"Every problem should not be on the head of the president. We have to do our own part as mothers, wives and sisters at home. We must not forget that when the family is not stable, the society cannot be stable," she said.

The governor's wife commended NAOWA for its interest in the welfare of its members who had lost their husbands to wars and the ongoing insurgency in the country and urged them to always protect the welfare of widows in their midst. 

She identified with its service to widows and vulnerable children, saying she was always passionate about issues concerning the vulnerable groups in the nation because of her experience with such.

She reminded members of the delegation that charity begins at home and urged each one of them to look within their families and communities for people in need whom they could assist at the individual level. 

Mrs Akpabio also enjoined the group to always pray for the nation's leaders, especially the president and the security forces who, she said, were sacrificing a lot to protect the lives and property of the citizenry. 

She donated the sum of N2 million and 100 wrappers to the association in support of its efforts at rehabilitating widows of fallen heroes. 

Speaking earlier, the wife of the Chief of Army Staff and National President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) Mrs Felly Minimah, commended Mrs Akpabio for her commitment to widows and other vulnerable persons in the state. 

Minimah said NAOWA was on a tour of military formations around the country to visit and empower widows and children of fallen heroes, adding that they had found it fit to extend a hand of partnership to the governor's wife because of her proven commitment to empowering widows and vulnerable children, expressing the group's hope that she would lend a helping hand to victims of insurgency in the country. She also commended the state governor for his unflinching support to the Nigerian army and thanked Mrs. Akpabio for her generous support to the Association. 

Also present at the event were the wife of the Deputy Speaker, Lady Ime Udo Kerian, wife of the secretary to state government, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel, wife of the Commissioner for Special Duties, Mrs. Ann Enoidem, Wife of the Special Adviser, Bureau of Technical Matters Mrs. Nse Etido Inyang and Chairman Okobo LGA, Princess Felicia Bassey.

Charity Begins at home

Source: Tribune
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