FROM IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY
Wife of the Edo State governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, on Saturday, urged childless women to see themselves as fruitful, potential and proud mothers of children that would come in God’s time.
Obaseki, accompanied by the wife of the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, governorship candidate, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, shared these comforting words during a zoom meeting with Edo women in the diaspora.
Mrs Obaseki’s comments were in response to a viral video in which Senator Adams Oshiomhole made remarks about her being childless.
Addressing over 200 women who joined the zoom meeting from various countries, Obaseki reminded them that everyone was created by God for a purpose.
“My words of comfort to you, like myself, who have conceived and experienced miscarriages, painful stillbirth and evacuation of babies who died in our wombs, and as a result, have no children to show for the pain we have endured, is this: You are not barren.
“I dare to call you fruitful. You and I are potential and proud mothers of children that will come in God’s time. Enjoy the life God has given you.”
She urged them “to take your mind off your challenge and before you know it, children will start coming,” she said.
Obaseki highlighted that her contributions to society have gone beyond the biological aspect of motherhood.
“Being fruitful is not limited to childbearing. It is about impacting lives and creating positive change in the society.”
Obaseki also shared a message of encouragement for women who, like herself, have faced the pain of miscarriages and stillbirths, urging them not to feel discouraged or defined by their losses.
Speaking further, Mrs Ighodalo thanked the women for attending the meeting and promised to continue all of Obaseki’s programmes for women and the girl-child in Edo if her husband is elected.
In her welcome address, the founder of the group, Mrs Adesuwa Obasohan promised to support Ighodalo’s candidacy, just as the group had supported Governor Obaseki.
