The
National Council of Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria on Thursday
warned against the alarming drop of male-child in education.
With the drop, the group noted that in the next 10 years, there would be a scarcity of quality husbands in the country.
The organisation National President,
Chief Felicia Onyeabo, stated this on Thursday at a briefing to herald
the inauguration of Cor Mariae College, Abuja. The inauguration holds on
Friday (today).
She said, “The future of this country is
going to be very bleak for the male-child. How many girls do you see
hawking clothes? Go to Onitsha, they are all men. We have looked round
and have come to see that there is a neglect of boys in education. Who
are the armed robbers on the streets? They are mostly the boys. Let us
concentrate on training boys.
“The NCCWO feels that a vacuum is being
created, and very soon, we shall be faced with a situation where our
educated girl-child will not find a corresponding suitable boy-child to
marry. This is because more boys drop out of school, apparently because
the high rate of unemployed youth discourages our young boys from
appreciating the need to be educated.
“The NCCWO also consideres the fact that
in the near future, quality husbands will become extremely scarce, with
too many highly educated women looking for husbands, and settling for
anyhow husbands, just to get married. The result of this type of
situation is better imagined and will not augur well for Nigerians.”
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