Governor Wike Signs Law Allowing Women To Inherit Their Father's Property Alongside With Men In Rivers State
Rivers state government,Governor Wike Signs Law Allowing Women To Inherit Their Father's Property Alongside With Men In Rivers State Speaking on the law to prohibit the curtailment of women's right to share in family property law, Governor Wike expressed displeasure at how most cultures, particularly in Rivers State, do not encourage what engenders growth among the people. He wondered why women are deprived from sharing in the inheritance of their families when they are often the most useful members of the society in comparism to most male children. Governor Wike asserted that the law is important to the development of the State, because it will enable its people to actualise their potentials, as women will be allowed by law to inherit their entitlements. "I don't know why it's a taboo; because you're a girl, because of this is a woman, you're not entitled to inherit what belongs to your father. "It is not you who decides whether you will have a...