 The news tonight is Jennifer or more tired thermos vice president with us and often support society of Africa Glad to have you on the news tonight pleasure now Marketing international with those day 2022. What can you say is the situation of widows in Nigeria and the theme of this year? sustainable solutions for widows financial independence. How can this be achieved? That's why we celebrate this widows day every 23rd of June is the United Nations program and Looking at more widows Joining the previous one We cannot say the problem has actually been eradicated because There are some widows That can take care of themselves and we have a lot of widows that can't even take care of themselves Because even before their husband died, they were doing pretty things now. Remember that Irresponsibility that two people were managing to carry and all of a sudden it's just one person and Maybe the woman is having eight children five even to cater for one in our present Economy situation. It's not easy. How much more when you have more than one and You need to close you need to feed you need to send them to school some of these men died without even leaving a house and Even when some have left houses the family of the man comes and comes to get everything and The women are just out there Without support and that is why angels like us are calling for Good Nigerians to partner with all these angels and churches and other religious bodies to help these widows Because it's not really easy for them Even though I'm not a widow, but I'm a woman and I see these things There's hardly a day we don't find one widow to widows in our main office All right So according to the theme for 2020 to say sustainable solutions for yes financial independence for widows What are the sustainable solutions? Basically Giving money to a woman is not enough They need to acquire skills How to manage forms that I've been given to them Think of good business ideas that they can do with this support they get Remember if you give someone fish today, you don't expect to be given another day But if you know how to catch the fish yourself, you are better off So what we do as a foundation We equip this women Like last year we helped them to go through skills like bid-making sub-making catering Things that could help to bring food on their table And that is the only way they can sustain Like what ways can we ensure the protection of widows in Nigeria? I think that's why the day was set aside Yes, another way we can protect them is to be consigned and because we see a lot of Gardening for the widows, but I'm yet to see the government putting some laws Because culturally they are the greatest advantage Like I keep telling people I said if the government Passes a law that states When the man dies no woman prays for a husband to die because we all know these Problems that will follow These women should not be left without anything They should be given all what the husband left behind because it belongs to them the man must have left children and wife and even if they don't have children because that woman was once married to that man She owns those things and they should not be taken away from them And if anyone is sanctioned or a family is dead with Others will stop and these women would be catered for Now like you have said earlier culturally. Yes a disadvantage Narrated the change in a country like Nigeria. That's why I said it's only the law because why is it that when a woman dies The husbands are not made to drink the water that they use in beating the woman Why is it that is only when the man dies the woman is addressed as a witch The man is a human being the woman is a human being. That's what we are calling for gender equality So they shouldn't be treated as a second-class citizen All right, finally before we round up this segment What's your advice to widows in Nigeria? My advice to widows Even before your husband is gone get something doing and Even when the man is gone and show that You have things you have kept for yourself and like what I used to advise widows attached to a foundation Don't wait for anybody As we help you to start up Don't waste that money Like during the Easter period we give them money To add to their business We have come back to school for their work come back to school for their children every September We give clothes We give food items But if you have a business as we do Groom your business and think of more business ideas That will boom your business Make you an independent woman Are you able to take care of your children? Without any man molesting you All right. Thank you so much for your contributions on the news tonight Jennifer Omotayo-Thomas. She is the vice president widows and orphan support society of Nigeria Thank you so much for your contributions. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button So you get notified about fresh news updates