Today, I addressed students of Government Girls Secondary school...and told them that no amount of bride price can sufficiently quantify the worth of any woman. I also told those promising las that marriage is not an achievement.
I further told them that they had a duty to succeed in life, make their parents proud and, the society better. I made it clear to them that every girl or woman out there can succeed without the help of a man. I told them that they need not get laid in order to succeed.
I took special pains to interview and interact with some of them and discovered that, some of them, have been sexually exploited to a heightened degree. I assured them that all those who took advantage of their innocence will be severely dealt with, in accordance with the law.
Before I started talking to them, I made it clear that I was addressing them as a man born & raised by a woman, surrounded by successful women, and have an appreciable knowledge of the plight of women in this country - Nigeria. Therefore, I was talking to them as a man in skirt.
I discouraged them heavily from indulging in sex at this point of their life, and took time a great deal to educate them on the dangers of engaging in sex now. I told them to embrace education and God. I told them that they had more to gain if they sit and read.
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