In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday, several women have opened up about the significant economic challenges they face in maintaining their households. The women, including mothers and a civil servant, described the struggles they endure to make ends meet. Mrs.
Abiola Dipeolu, a mother of four, expressed that her family’s expenses have increased significantly, and her husband’s monthly allowance barely covers their needs for two weeks. Dipeolu said that when she newly got married, she usually saved some money from the monthly allowance she received from her husband. She said that the reverse was the case now, saying that what she received as feeding allowance hardly sustained the family for two weeks.
“I have to wake up as early as 4.00 a.m.
to begin the hustle for the day and close by 6.00 p.m.
“Marriage is boring and uninteresting because the time for husband and wife to be together has been put into hustling” she said. Mrs. Ronke Adu, a mother of three, stated that she hasn’t received financial support from her husband in a long time and has taken on menial jobs to supplement their income.
Adu said that the financial responsibilities had been shared and each of them took up his or her responsibilities. She said that the present economic challenges had rendered some husbands mere figure heads in spite of the energy they put up on daily basis to make ends meet. She noted that she had to do menial jobs like sweeping of compound.
