An activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dela Coffie has defended the newly elected Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan.
According to Dela Coffie, he finds it intrigue as many people are still not enlightened about the current dispensation in which we are now.
“It's quite obvious that we are not as enlightened as we pretend to be, a widow should stop everything in her life, including business activities that feeds her and her children because her husband is dead?” he quizzed.
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There could be nothing more instructive than these words below shared by a great mind. Thank you so much Selorm Branttie:
It is sad that people comment as if they come from perfect families.
A lot of us here are sons, daughters and grandsons of first, second and third wives who were recognized in customary practices save for the imposition of a foreign cultural practice cloaked in religion.
I daresay that some of you even had your fathers build separate houses for each set of siblings you had, and you mixed well with your half brothers and sisters.
Yet you have the nerve to come here today and insult mothers, who don't depend on you for their daily bread.
As an extension, this mirrors society's attitude to widows and their kin, legitimate wives or not. We look down on widows as incomplete people, and we believe they shouldn't be strong, and that they should only be in vulnerable positions where they beg everyone even for food to eat.
Yes, widows shouldn't be able to continue business or professional life on their own terms because they lost their husband's, their men, their "rock".
A widow should stop everything in her life, including business activities that feed her and her children because her husband is dead. Should that be a widows debt?
When a woman's husband dies, does the whole world stop rotating? Are flights cancelled? Does the president have to step down?
The show goes on. Leave a woman to grieve, but know also that she has a right to keep life going for the sake of herself and whatever else she deems worthy of attention. Nobody is indispensable, and conducting business doesn't show a lack of sympathy.
If the man were a Muslim, he would have been buried 24 hours later. Would it justify her continuing her business because he has been buried? So if a man dies and he is buried 49 weeks later the woman must wait till he is buried before the cycle of grief is complete?
It's quite obvious that we are not as enlightened as we pretend to be.
Look at your cousins, look at your own siblings, look at yourselves.
When you point a finger, look at the rest pointing back at you..
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well done DELA
Mr. Man, you're very freeeeee to follow Owusu Bempa who is now a full member of NPP communication & Serial Callers Association. Kindly take your confused mind away!
Well said Dela Coffie. Life must continue.
The Ndc party is full of wayward, uncultured empty barrels. Their vindictiveness ,cluelessness, selfishness and st() p:d id:!tic si::lly machinations is disgustingly annoying. This non achievers and “akromfor” are impeding Ghana’s forward march to progress and development. They will always breach the norms of decency , courtesy and decorum for their egoistic interest. A bunch of bigots and unrefined “bola” nation wreckers. Has anything good ever come from the Ndc? Check the development paradigm and social intervention initiatives for yourselves. “Mugazi de ku, yabre mu, mesen nafi anyi” we are fed up with you.
Lind man did the ndc Lindale eho lost her husband and succeeded him in parliament waited for a year? you see ndc are their own problem and enemies, you do certain things to others which you pretend never happened to you before and get paid for that by God! Ndc will never come back to power, no matter what it's very unattractive! your current members are all idi*ots who are destroying the party. unfortunately they see nothing wrong with their utterances and actions! thank God NPP recognizes their mistakes and put things in good order whole ndc dance around it with propaganda!Listen folks, the loud noise ndc are making about Maa Lydia Alhassan is nothing but tribal sentiments, they don't understand why she with that name shouldn't be in the ndc but she is in the NPP so out of hate and jealousy are trying to disgrace her, Let Dr Bawumiah say something now and you see how ndc will rush to comment and insult him they are evil! they have Totobi Kwakye and Nana Ato Dadzie and co who are Akans but are behaving as st*upid as them the ndc annoying Ghanaians with their sens*eless utterances and that is ndc for you! you join them it's either you become a f00*00l or joker or both.
In fact, most NDC member are 'bloody MPs' since they all benefited from bloody related election violence! All NDC members are criminals since their criminal party was formed out of criminal and treasonable coup d'états! Christians believe in Christ, so we are called Christians, so as whatever organization you belong to, is what you are called!
A very confused and contradictory write up. your take on christianity and tradition doesnt agree with your own thought or intention of the write up. traditionally a widow is supposed to mourn the husband for a year, whilst going about her normal duties. But this one even before the husband is buried shes all over the place seeking to replace her husband. that I don't think this behaviour is acceptable to any tradition or culture in Ghana. If she was only girl friend then nothing wrong. DELA COFFIE PLEASE BEHAVE MATURELY
AS FOR YOU DELA..…. WE ALL KNOW YOUR FRAUSTRATION.. IS THE LYDIA A WIFE TO THE LATE MP? NO NO NO OUT OF HATRED YOU JUST SPEW ANYTHING THAT APPEARS ON YOUR TOUNG... YAKA MEEEEEE GBELE LAAAAAAAA, AVUUUUU DZI MA KPLAAAAAAA
Haruna was not around ,so please consider them.
GOD BLESS YOU DELA KOFI AND SELORM BRANTTIE FOR THIS SENSIBLE WRITE UP