Monye urges women to display good morals

 

 

Women

Lagos, Oct. 14, 2013 A veteran musician, Stella Monye, on Monday called on women to be excellent leaders and showcase good morals.

Monye said in Lagos that lack of good moral values in women had imparted on youths found to have gone astray.

She said that a lot of vices perpetrated by youths resulted from mothers not doing their work properly by teaching their children good moral values.

``It is imperative that women should be supportive and guide their children till adulthood for societal growth.

``A lot of women need to know that it is what they impart on their children that mould their behavioural pattern, ’’ Monye said.

Monye, who manages an NGO, `Women Help Initiative Nigeria’ (WHIN), said she decided to establish a platform to talk to women about what they were not getting right and how they could empower themselves.

``They should not abandon their children no matter the circumstances. Instead, they must have something doing so that they can earn a living and support their families.

``A lot of women are under pressure to do things they should not do just to survive,’’ she said.

Monye said that she started mentoring women on what they had passion to do so that they could achieve their goal.

``They should also not allow themselves to be full-time housewives or be made not to take up any work to support the family,’’ she said.

``Women need to improve on their socio-economic conditions so as to have the financial power to help their children,’’ she said.