{"id":2444,"date":"2016-10-20T14:27:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2016-10-26T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:47:09","slug":"the-kitchen-and-the-other-room-the-mystery-of-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/the-kitchen-and-the-other-room-the-mystery-of-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kitchen and the Other Room; The Mystery of Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As opposed to the opinion of many Nigerians, who have taken the critical issues in Nigeria\u2019s first family, as new comedy lines and new cartoon arts, I will like to present an objective view on the issue. And also point out the fact that all Nigerians are involved in this. This is not a joking matter, and of course, not a stage play where Nigerians are the audience<\/a>. This time, we are all actors, and we all have roles to play. Our audience is the whole world.<\/p>\n

As a youth, I highly respect President Buhari as our leader. And I do not deem myself worthy of condemning the President or his wife. Thus, I am neither anti-Buhari nor anti- Aisha. However, a few points are worthy to note.<\/p>\n

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Reactions have trailed the President\u2019s claim in Berlin Germany of his wife belonging to the kitchen, the other room, his living room, and his total dominion the has over her. In his words, he said, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen, and my living room and the other room.”<\/p>\n

This statement is a response to the President wife\u2019s (as she prefers to be called) warning in her interview with BBC, where she expressed her dissatisfaction about the people her husband placed in public offices and she warns that she won\u2019t be part of the next election if the trend continues. \u201cThings are not going the way it should when it comes to putting people where they belong. Most of these people that are occupying some agencies, nobody knows them. They don\u2019t know our party manifesto, They don’t know what we campaigned for, they were not part of us completely. They don\u2019t have the mission. They don\u2019t have a vision of our APC. I have my own rights you know, to say how I feel about something. If it continues like this I am not going to be part of any voting again” – she says. This may be an approval to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki\u2019s, claim that there is a government within the government of President Buhari. Some people also believe that the government has been hijacked by a group of people.<\/p>\n

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However, the presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that the president was actually joking when he said that his wife belongs to the kitchen and the other room.<\/p>\n

Maybe we should go back to history, both fiction and non-fiction. There might have been a bit of foreshadowing in Achebe\u2019s Things Fall Apart. As he uses Okonkwo\u2019s home to depict the Ibo society. As Okonkwo\u2019s home falls apart the Ibo society also falls apart. We do not want our dear country Nigeria<\/a> to fall apart. No matter our jestings and uncaring attitude. A house divided against itself cannot stand.<\/p>\n

At this point, I feel every Nigerian should support the president and his wife. We need to lift their hands. If this country falls apart, it will affect us all. So we need to pray for the President and his wife in whatever language we can speak, and in whatever religion we believe.<\/p>\n

Also, history has never recorded conflict between a successful president and his wife beyond their country to the stage of world view. This write up is not a satire, but a call to Nigerians to pay keener attention to the president\u2019s family. This issue on the world view is disheartening not just for the president but for all Nigerians.<\/p>\n

Another world leader who had an open conflicting situation with his wife is Alberto Fujimori. His wife, Susana Higuchi, filed for divorce in 1995 after she accused his family of corruption and he accused her of “unloyalty and blackmail.” The public fight included him locking her out of the presidential palace and telling the press he was looking for a new wife “who is intelligent and has beautiful legs.” In 2006, he got remarried from his jail cell in Chile, where he was being held on corruption charges. This wasn’t on CNN, or outside the walls of Peru. Wikipedia says this about Fujimori . “A controversial figure, Fujimori ended his presidency by fleeing Peru for Japan amid a major scandal involving corruption and human rights violations.<\/p>\n

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The summary of this is that no world leader, after a major open conflict with his wife remains with an untarnished image. His decision also affects the people. Because when two elephants fight, the ground suffers. I am more concerned about the implication of this on the Nigerian populace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Worthy of note, however, is the symbolism of the kitchen<\/a> and the other room, which the president used to depict the roles of his wife. This may mean that accommodation goes a long<\/a> way in depicting gender roles and sex roles in our society. I don’t want to dwell on this. But this is a pointer that good accommodation is required in every home, yet, so many Nigerians have not been able to access this.<\/p>\n

My point is, a home can also be depicted by the nature of the accommodation or the type of apartment the family lives. So get yourself the best apartments in Nigeria, for rent or for sale today, by visiting www.tolet.com.ng<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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