By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.
Kano based women rights activist and the chairperson Civil Society Scalling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN Kano state chapter, Zainab Ali Musa has accused prevalent poverty of been responsible for the worrisome number of cases of divorce been recorded in the country.
Zainab while addressing hundreds of women at a community nutrition education session organized by CS-SUNN held at Gama community in Nassarawa local government in Kano metropolis noted that household harsh economic situations could be attributed to a vast number of cases of divorce.
She further said investigations have revealed that bulk number of marriages that crumbled had crashed for economic reasons.
Zainab stressed that the economic incapacity of the men also plays a dominant roles in invoking maternal health challenges been witnessed in the country.
The CS-SUNN chairperson lamented poverty resulting into anemia has also led to the deaths of pregnant women and children in various parts of the country.,
Zainab explained that the empowerment of women will help shed economic load in marital lives of citizens and would in turn serve as solution to the continuous recurring rise in cases of mass divorce been witnessed in Nigeria.
She added that the economic empowerment of women would also help to curb maternal health care challenges, since they would have the funds to supplement the nutrient requirements , during ante natal and post natal periods.
