ABUJA – Some residents of FCT have lent their voices in support of polygamy as the best form of marriage, while calling for a legislation to protect those who practice it in the society.
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They made this known in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday
They said that monogamy was a western propaganda against the African culture to jettison the very important aspect of the culture.
Mr Fred Asagboma, a sociologist with National Museum and Monuments, said that polygamy should be encouraged and called for a legislation to protect those practicing it.
He said that the issue of polygamy was between the classical and religious worlds.
“Both worlds are at each other’s throat today. In Christianity, Judaism and Islamic religion, what is common to their holy books is a subtle endorsement of polygamy.
“The only man referred to as the friend of God and a man after God’s own heart in the holy Bible was a polygamist that is King David.
“In the westernised society, they marry same gender all in the name of freedom and rights. This smacks of hypocrisy that polygamists will be denied equal rights as the homosexual couples,’’ he said.
Another resident, Mr Olumide Olugbami, a civil servant, who lent his voice in favour of polygamy told NAN that the definition of the word had been contrived to suit the wishes of the white man.
“Given the history of world civilisation and conquests, it is the domineering race that gets to define the standards of public morality.
“In examining the present situation and the thinking of people about polygamy, I want the Federal Government to take example from Zamfara State that legalised polygamy in the year 2000.
“Let everyman decide the path to follow rather than making society to see those involved in the act as irresponsible elements.’’
Mr Oluwatosin Oluyoko, a banker, said that polygamy was acceptable as a useful instrument of social order.
“Till this day polygamy exists in various forms depending on who is practicing it. The pure traditional polygamist devoted to raising a big family, a huge human resource and consequently a tool to empowerment, this form is fast disappearing.
“Another form is practiced to achieve the goal of multiple sexual partners by all means possible, and the other is the capitalistic polygamy which is rooted in the belief of the survival of the fittest.
“A rich man enjoys the spoils of his wealth including multiple women who are willing conspirators in this enterprise,’’ he said. (NAN)