Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said
on Sunday that men must honour women and to stop treating them as their
subordinates.
He noted that men and women were
born equal. Osinbajo said to father a child was not the only factor that made
one a man.
However, Osinbajo acknowledged
the important roles played by men in the family setting and the society at
large.
He spoke in Abuja at a service to
mark Father’s Day at the Aso Villa Chapel.
The VP’s mother, Mrs Olubisi Osinbajo, the Deputy President of the
Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Mr Boss Mustapha, were among dignitaries who joined him at the service.
Speaking to State House
Correspondents, the VP stated, “I think the responsibility of the father is
incredible indeed and I think what is most important is to teach our men, young
men growing up, that they must honour women, not just their wives.
“Of course, you must honour and
love your wives, but I think that it is very important that we honour women.
“We don’t treat them as
subordinates to us; they are created equal to men.
“But, most importantly, we must
honour them and recognise their role as partners, not just in families, but in
the society as well.”
He noted that to be a father
implied taking up the responsibilities of a father, whether one was a
biological father or not.
Osinbajo explained, “It is not
the ability to father a child, the ability to have a child that makes you a
father; it is the courage to bring up one, ability to raise one.
“That’s what really makes you a
father and I think the responsibilities of fatherhood are so many, whether one
is a biological father or whether you are one who wants to take care of other
children.
“I think that all of us, as men,
have a role to play in the lives of so many, not just our biological children
but so many of them who have no fathers; even to some who have fathers to who
we have responsibility to set example to lead exemplary life, to bring them up
as scripture says in the way of the Lord.”
The 1st Reading of the service
was taken from Malachi 1: 3-6 by Omo-Agege.
The deputy Senate President said
children learnt a lot from their parents by seeing the life the latter led.
“It is not what we tell our
children, but the lives we lead and they see us lead”, Omo-Agege added.
Mustapha too gave his own
perspective, saying that men were both the spiritual and physical head of their
families.
He spoke further, “It is not
about the celebration; I think it is a constant reminder about our
responsibilities as fathers.
“We are reminded of the fact
that, first, we are the priests of our homes; so we ought to pray for our
families.
“And when you have children that
are aware that as a father, you are praying for them, the chances of their
drifting will not be there because they know that the eyes of their father are
constantly on them.
“Constantly, you are reminding
God that He has entrusted you with this responsibility and you ought to live up
to the responsibility.
“The second thing is that, as
fathers, we are supposed to exemplify the life of Christ in the lives of our
children because we are just like letters that our children read on a daily
basis.
“It is not about how much we say,
or what you say; it is about our lifestyle.
“The other reminder is that we
are breadwinners in our families and we ought to provide for our families.”
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