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Wednesday 20 August 2008

Open Letter to Senator Eme Ekaete + Miracle Accident!

Hi people, hope y'all are doing great. I'm doing so so well and anxiously waiting for the release of my mag's 4th edition. The printers say it will be ready in a week or so...will let y'all know when that happens.

Meanwhile I got this email from an Ure Akuma, who wrote a letter to Senator Eme Ekaette of Akwa-Ibom State about a bill being sponsored by her, titled, Nudity Bill. She wants me to share the letter with the thousands of you who come to this blog, hoping to garner enough interest to get this bill stopped.

I've read the letter and I think the more people that read it, the better, because people might understand how dangerous this bill is and do something about it.

Here's the letter...

Senator Ekaette,
Please permit me to speak with you woman to woman. I have a few truths to tell you, about the Indecent Dressing Bill you are sponsoring, and I hope that you listen.
We are living in the 21st century, and in this day and age, it is reprehensible that you would try to dictate what women should wear in a society that is supposed to be democratic and free.
Have you forgotten what happened at the U.N assembly when you attempted to present this bill to them? Have you forgotten so soon the comments from the other ambassadors? Especially the ambassador from Jamaica?
Do you really believe that enforcing this bill will lessen harassment and sexual assault? Have you heard of the “decently” dressed girls being harassed by lecturers?
Are you now seeking to absolve men of their crimes of rape? I am disappointed that this type of thinking comes from a fellow woman.

The men do not hold any responsibility for their crimes? They cannot control themselves?
Rather than trying to pass this bill, YOU OUGHT TO BE WORKING ON A PUNISHMENT FOR THE MEN WHO COMMIT THIS HEINOUS CRIME! You ought to let them know that they are the bane of the society and you, as a woman, should NOT be victimizing the victims. Put a stiff punishment and ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE PUNISHMENT, and let’s see what happens.

When the men know there is a consequence to their actions, no matter their stature or status in the community, I assure you, what women wear will no longer matter

In case you are so far removed from the masses, I want to let you know that you have put all females at risk with this bill you are trying to pass.
In Aba, Abia State, thugs have taken advantage of this unfortunate situation and are stripping girls of their clothes in public.
THEY HOLD GIRLS DOWN AND TEAR OFF THEIR JEANS, claiming that the directive from Abuja states girls should no longer wear trousers.
And when they tear off the clothes from these girls, what do you think happens next? I’ll leave that up to your imagination

Senator Ekaette, are there no good causes for women that you can champion?
I have a few that you can take up:
Instituting counseling and help for victims of rape
Encouraging women to come forward when they have been assaulted and PROVIDING HELP to the victims
Working on removing the stigma of rape
The trafficking of girls to Europe for prostitution
Institute and implement STRICT PUNISHMENT for rapists and sexual harassers
The plight of women being regarded as second class citizens
The plight of children in Nigeria, have you seen the children under the bridge? (Have you seen these children begging on the streets? I am very sure you have seen them, that is, if your escorts and convoy does not run them over)
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CAUSE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO CHAMPIONING – HAVE YOU HEARD OF VESICO VAGINAL FISTULA (VVF)? This is a cause being spearheaded by Ms. Stephanie Okereke, please contact her and work with her on this most worthy cause.

Were you not aware that babies as young as 12 years old are being forced into early marriages and are being raped by men old enough to be their grand-fathers? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT THAT SENATOR EKAETTE?
If you do not achieve anything else in your life, let this be the one thing that you will be remembered for in Nigeria.
Contact Ms. Stephanie Okereke, and help the young girls and women who are suffering from this.

Madam Senator, you MUST STOP THIS BILL, you must drop this bill and focus on the issues that are important to the Nigerian woman and child.
It appears I am in an alternative universe where this would be the news headline and stories in major newspapers:

Fellow Nigerians!
It gives me great pleasure to note that all the MINOR issues and problems we experience in this great nation have been totally taken care of.
Minor problems that average citizens like you and I experience, problems that the Nigerians in authority and power never experience.
Minor problems like:
No working electricity,
No clean water,
Inflation,
No jobs for graduates,
No salaries being paid to the teachers who are supposed to educate the next generation
No education system in place for our children
No health care for the masses
Poor living conditions
Extremely bad roads
The problems in the Niger Delta
The lack of rules and laws in Nigeria
The country’s abject poverty

Yes my fellow Nigerians, I am very pleased to announce that these MINOR issues have been resolved.
This has left us free to focus on the really monumental major issues like the Honourable Senator Ekaette’s Indecent Dressing Bill. Senator Ekaette has single-handedly solved the minor issues in Nigeria, and must now focus on being the moral police that Nigeria so desperately needs.

Indeed, the Senate must congratulate themselves for a job well done in taking care of Nigeria’s minor issue as listed above. They must also clap Sen. Ekaette on the back for attempting to take Nigeria back to the cave days, and take us back to a dictatorship.

Unfortunately this is not the case. This imaginary news story must never come to pass. The real world we do live in will be more dangerous for all Nigerians, if you continue with this bill

You, Senator Ekaette, have put ALL Nigerian females in jeopardy, at risk with this bill and I wonder how well you sleep at night. I hope you hear the cries and feel the pain of the very people you are supposed to protect but have put in harm’s way.
Respectfully,
Ure Akuma
Richmond, VA
ureudeh@yahoo.com

What do you guys think about this nudity bill? Crazy or crazy? And how do we stop this woman?


Miracle Accident
Meanwhile here's an Audi RS 6 S/wagon Twin turbo V8 @ 250km/h in an accident.

Driver got out, walked away and called emergency on his phone. Take note - this is one car not two!!! Scroll down







If the guy driving this car didn't believe in God before this accident happened, he probably did afterwards.
So what do you guys have to say about the BILL???

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think the senator is a totally jobless woman,Imagine!!these ppl have guts,is dis not an infringement basic human rights of women in nija??
instead of working to increase salaries and making life better for nigerians,she's busy looking around from her 6 cars convoy for indecently dressed people??
pls tell her to remove the PLANK from her eyes...efulefu like her...

Anonymous said...

Is this bill really getting traction in Nigeria??? I thot after the disgrace at the UN, that was the end of it...dont tell me the woman is still going ahead with it?

Anonymous said...

WOW, THIS LADY IS REALLY MAD AT THE SENATOR!!!!

GO ON SISTER, I'M RIGHT WITH U!

Anonymous said...

From what I understand, this bill has passed second reading at the senate, it is now on its third reading, after which the senators/committees get to vote.

this is indeed an infringement on the basic humans of women.

Anonymous said...

Is it possible to get contact information i.e. email address, private gsm numbers and office numbers to all senators responsible for the passage of this ridiculous and sexist bill? We can publish it and have people educate these imbeciles we call senators how regression the consequences of this bill would be.
Andy

Anonymous said...

do you know who survived the accident...if not what's the point??

Dith said...

so this foolishness of a bill is still in prospects???

Dith said...

i laugh and weep @ the same time on how farrrrrrrr back in time Nigeria would be set back 2 if indeed this bill passes.
i for one would remove every thought of moving back home from head.

im sorry i can't help but call this ekaete of a lady a VERY STUPID AND FRUSTRATED WOMAN!
maybe she shld drop some pounds and gain back some self esteem so she can join the bandwagon of girls who are "indecently dressed" since its hurting her that much that she can't dress "indecently."

the hilarity! hisssssssssssssssss

Anonymous said...

thats how they go about harrasing innocent women.....and the sad fact that was mentioned is that the thugs take avantage of the situation to harras women....shame on that senator... besides,like she rightly said...this is the 21st century and you cant just go about telling people how to dress...tell that woman to concentrate on more important things jo!!

Anonymous said...

Andy, this is the website bfor the senators, you can also email them.

http://www.nassnig.org/senate/members.php

Anonymous said...

let them pass the bill why should women dress indecently in the first place if you dress properly you have nothing to fear

The Activist said...

Among other important things she could have focus on is the domestication of CEDAW (The convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Disriminations Against Women). They threw out this bill that would have made women free of all rights infrigment by saying it promotes abortion. Ignorance!!!

Indecent is ambigous and has no clear meaning in the first place. Are they trying to pass this bill again? Are we sick in Nigeria.

Anyway, nothing suprises me any more. I just want to know who is trully sponsoring that woman.

Happy no one died in that accident

BTW Linda when will u visit my blog?

Anonymous said...

Really women in politics this days are not taking examples from past credible women like dora Akunyili, Oby Ezekwesili Ngozi Okongi to mention but few.
From Patricia Etteh to this one.Why can't this woman do something else that will be applaudable,something even out of this world that people will appreciate other than this hilarious joke.
This is really becoming baffling. If i decide to show some cleavage or some of them hot legs is cuz i got 'em and i wanna flaunt or when has this state become a dictatorship one. Didn't they know what they were going into when Nigeria was declared Democratic?

Oh c'mon Madam senator get some wisdom or even if you don't, don't you have an advisor or are you all in this?
Grossssssss.

Anonymous said...

@ anonymous
Do you really think women dress that indecent?
No woman goes to work dressed indecently, or to school either.

But i know some women want to feel free on weekends when there is no office or school to go to and therefore decides to lossen up.
And hello, i don't see anything wrong with that.

Well i know this bill ain't going nowhere so there shouldn't be any fuss about it anywhere.
Whatever i feel comfortable in ima wear'em, you hear me.Bill or no Bill.

Anonymous said...

Linda, am not happy with you...this is a very important post..you should have waited for like 3days before you post a new one...the new one makes others not to see this really important post regarding WOMENs plight in Nigeria

Anonymous said...

Anonymous @ 9:06AM

Quick question for ya, what do you define as indecent dressing? that's the only question i want this woman to answer.

if i wear a spagetti strap shirt, according to senator ekaette's bill, that is indecent.

if i decide to wear shorts in that hot sun, according to senator ekaette's bill, that is indecent.

someone said it, the definition of "indecent" is ambigious here.

adaeze said...

how did such an idiot become a minister in the first place???

hissssssssss

adaeze said...

****"senator"

Anonymous said...

The jobless senator who has no clue what her actions will do to the feminine gender in nigeria.Of all the problems nigeria has,she chooses a non issue to solve-typical of nigerian stupidity.sad .i weep for my country.

Anonymous said...

this senator woman is really short-sighted.she shld know dat dis her bill will cause hoodlums to embarrass even decently dressed ladies on the streets.what's even her problem wit dressing? has she forgotten all the macro-mini gowns they wore in their time? for heaven's sake, if any lady chooses to walk d streets naked,it's her choice. Let's hear something beneficial biko.

Anonymous said...

really, i think we need to encourage people to cover up and dress decently. many of these men get aroused and go to rape underage children after seeing naked girls. child rape is on the increase in nigeria and i believe the provocative dressing takes part of the blame. men are aroused by what they see no matter how you put it. when aroused, he can go home to his wife or approach the woman arousing him. if he doesnt have self control, he wil just enter a helpless child to release the sexual tension. IF not for anything for the sake of our growing children, lets be moderate.
as for the Bill, if all senators including ita giwa and co. can dress decently, everyone would.

FACET MAGAZINE said...

There is nothing bad in the bill. Why are ladies scared of this bill sef?

Anonymous said...

@ facetmagazine, as a woman, I am scared of this bill because the bill will essentially GIVE POWER TO THE POLICE TO HARRASS ANY WOMAN THEY DEEM FIT.

according to the bill, if i decide to wear a spagetti strap top, or a tube top, the police has the right to march me off to jail, and who knows what the heck they will do to the woman before taking her to jail and while she is in jail?

or if i am wearing a pair of shorts, the police can say that it is too short ACCORDING TO THEM!

did you know that this same senator, when asked about the fact that police were raping some prostitutes and other female inmates, said she saw nothing wrong in that!!!

we need to stop making excuses for these stupid men who rape children! so they see a woman dressed provocatively AND THEN THEY RAPE A CHILD? and they don't get punished?

PUNISH THEM!

and encourage the victims to come forward without fear of retribution and being ostracized by society, and we'll see how many of them are going to rape kids.

this bill is very dangerous.

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