Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, has reminded married and intending couples that violence cannot be used to solve any marital problem, insisting that tolerance and prayer are key to successful marriage.
She stated this while speaking to journalists in Awka, following clamour for justice for the late Mrs Chidiebere Iloka, wife of the suspended Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Mr Mbazulike Iloka.
Mrs Obinabo, who assured those clamouring for justice for the late Mrs Iloka that the Governor Chukwuma Soludo administration is out to ensure that justice prevails once result of autopsy sheds light on the actual cause of the death and restated the importance of premarital counseling for intending couples.
She expressed concern that some people circumvent premarital counseling process, leading to broken marriages and sometimes homicide, and called on churches, religious organizations and all relevant stakeholders to step up the process to help in addressing challenges in marriage, even as she called for a return to era when inquiries must be made before people get married.
The Commissioner equally acknowledged that about thirty percent of wives equally abuse their husbands physically, emotionally and otherwise, often leading to loss of self-confidence on the part of men, and cautioned women against unnecessarily influence from what she termed over exposure.
The Women and Social Welfare Commissioner noted that domestic violence also affects children negatively at homes, and assured that the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court set for such cases is on course to do justice to victims.
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