The Speaker of the Anambra
State, House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Barrister Rita Maduagwu, has said that
property rights for Nigerian women is no longer negotiable, reports
NaijaAgroNet.
Maduagwu in a lecture entitled
“Property Rights of Women, Nigerian Perspective,” to the Anambra State Women
Association Lagos (ASWAL) at the Colonedes Hotels Ikoyi,
Lagos, to mark the 25 years of the association, said that constitutionally,
this issue has been taken care of over 17 years.
Rt. Hon Maduagwu also
identified cultural inequalities and gender barriers to property rights drawing comparisons in Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa customs.
She cited extant laws to drive
home her argument for equal opportunities, and pointed out that the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has abolished most of the
discriminations against women.
She further said that the
abolition affords Nigerian women to own properties in the country.
NaijaAgroNet notes that Anambra State Women Association Lagos
was formed 25 years ago by Anambra women resident in Lagos with the aim of
promoting peaceful coexistence among ndi-Anambra, welfare of the
members to enlighten women on their roles towards building Anambra
State and to help the vulnerable and the poor in the society to name a few.
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