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Former Big Brother Naija star, Tochi has ignited a heated discussion after sharing his thoughts on how financial empowerment could affect women in marriages.
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Taking to his Instagram story, Tochi suggested that many women stay in their marriages primarily due to financial dependence.
He claimed that if each married woman were given N100 million to establish themselves, many would choose to leave their marriages.
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His post read:
“If you give 100 married women N100 million each to go establish themselves, in two weeks, 95 will leave their marriage.”
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The statement quickly went viral, sparking mixed reactions from social media users. While some agreed with his viewpoint, arguing that many women endure unhappy marriages due to financial constraints, others countered that money alone is not the sole factor holding marriages together.
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A social media user @_verapatrick_ reacted: “I think what he is trying to say is that most married women are treated so bad that if they have financial freedom they would rather be single.”
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Another user @edafe_vanvic added: “A lot of meaning to that sentence, it also means many 95 percent of women are in marriages for survival purposes, they are in just to make someone else responsible for their financial lives , add this to other meaning u know . If they finally become financially independent, they will no longer find marriage interesting , because to them the man would have nothing else to offer them .”
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