“It Is The Man’s Responsibility To Pay Bills In The Home”- Actress Mary Remmy Njoku Says, Daddy Freeze Reacts

CEO of ROK TV, Mary Remmy Njoku has stated that it is the man’s responsibility to pay Bills in the home ,and he should never think he is doing his wife a favour, because she gave birth to children for him.

She wrote:

“Dear African Men, you are not doing your wife, the mother of your kids, a favour when you pay bills.

“Marriage and parenting is partnership. You are merely holding up the end of your bargain. The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. When it comes to marriages,  the love shouldn’t be blind, marry a team player.”

Reacting to her post, Popular OAP, Daddy Freeze disagreed with her statement. He said bills should be shared in a home, and not only the responsibility of a man.

He wrote:

” I’m struggling to understand this.
Two people are working, but only one is paying the bills and it’s supposed to be a partnership? 🤷

The banality of this in my opinion, suggests a concoction of contradictions, conveying a message which on the one hand recommends partnership, but then on the other, advocates for African men, whilst at the same time seemingly ignoring the benefits of a patriarchal society.

Traditional African men don’t ‘partner’ with their wives, they pay bills and consequently own women, who in return serve them, while tolerating polygamy and concubinage.

Modernization propounds a social scheme denouncing some of the ‘benefits’ of a patricentric system, in favor of a balance in gender roles and privileges.

I find it inequitable to select only the aspects of both constructs that benefit only a particular gender, increasing the responsibilities of the other while depriving them of their dividends.

‘Sharing’ instead of ‘paying’ the bills, would have been more appropriate in my opinion.”