SUBMISSION!

Today, submission is one difficult task for women because we live in a man’s world. We can do the same job and get paid less money. We can be more qualified and not get promoted. There is no doubt that men are usually stronger, and because of these factors women have learned to get their way through manipulation.

Submission can be described as a state of being completely controlled by a person or group of person, and accepting that you have to obey… submissiveness means always willing to obey someone and never disagreeing with him or her, even if such a person is unkind to you.

To have a blissful home or marital life, a woman should get married to the man she can willingly and lovingly submit herself to as her husband and leader. Blossoming out as a successful happy wife and mother will be greatly determined by how submissive a woman is to her husband’s leadership.

As a husband and head of the home, his wife’s future lies in his hands. He should be concerned about her health physically, mentally and spiritually. Some of the questions a man should be able to answers a man should be able to answer concerning his wife are what are her gifts? How are they being developed? What are her dreams? What is she looking forward to? When the children grow up, what will she do with her time? When he retires, will her life be as rewarding as his? If he were to die, how would she support herself? If she were to die would she be looking forward to her heavenly home?

This man as a leader must make his choice according to God’s injunction, be it in his wife’s favor or not. A woman will keep calm irrespective of her feelings at such a time but with reverence openly share her heart: opinions, fears and frustrations. When a woman feels strongly about an issue and she is sidelined into a position where she cannot exercise her judgement, an emotional response is normal.

According to Bunny Wilson, a motivational speaker on submission, a marriage starts off on the right foot when the wife comes into the marriage with the understanding of God’s pattern for marital submission, and intends to operate according to His established order. Religion is all about believing, trusting and having faith in God, so also is submission.

Being submissive means that you have a strong beielf and faith in God to change a negative situation.

Throughout our lives, someone is always in control and has the authority. At home it is our parents; in school, the teacher or the principal; in business it is our employer and at the church it is our pastor. When we defy people placed in authority, we are really saying that the situation cannot be resolved unless we take action.

It takes childlike faith to believe that God can handle any person, debate or circumstance.
The greatest challenge in a relationship, marriage or even at your place of work is when one refuses to accept the responsibility placed on his or her head or of submitting to God. The wife refuse to submit to the husband, and in-laws, or others outside the immediate family unit so that they don’t influence the decisions of her family. Women think quite different from men, in order to maintain a mutual relationship with his wife a man must take time to study the unique nature God has placed in her to help him.

Submission means that even though there is a difference of opinion with someone in authority; we share how we fee with due respect and love. If the other person continues to disagree, we turn the whole issue to God in faith.

Submission gives God space to show us who is right. The result is peace and harmony in the relationship until such time that God decides to rectify it.

Nowadays, submission is so difficult for women because we live in a mans world. We can do the same job, even earn better income. Women can be more qualified. There is no doubt that men are usually physically stronger. Because of these factors, many women have learned to get their way through manipulation.

Some of us have become trained manipulators’. We know what to say, when to say it and how to say it in order to achieve our ultimate end. The every thought of releasing our reason subtle controls shatters our logic, reason and rational. That’s why it takes a woman with faith in God to understand that at the foundation of submission lies the very power of God. God is the beginning of submission and we cant do otherwise.

God bless you as you follow God’s plan for a successful life here on earth having assurance of making heaven in the hereafter.

Nse Victor

THE WISDOM IN WAITING ON GOD.

The world is accustomed to haste. Everybody prefers to travel on the fast lane. Fast cars. Fast telephony….even fast foods! With the world wired together by awesome communication technology into one small global village, many business and lifestyle decisions can be made in no time by clicking the mouse.

Moreover, technology has made transportation easier and faster than it was in the days of our covenant father Abraham. In addition, generally, science has made life easier and shorter such that the modern man and woman recoil at the patience of job. The world is filled with the impatience plague from coast to coast.

Sadly, many Christians have contracted the syndrome. They have been stung by the haste bug. With their character shorn of patience, their faith now wavers, having lost its principal anchor: and their loyalty to Christ Jesus and her Church is now determined by the times and seasons. They make decisions in a hurry and say their prayers on the run.
Yet, the intricacy and vagueness of the human life demand that we live with caution, look before we leap and learn to hold on for God. We would save ourselves from the frustrations of futile efforts, the pains of unmet desires and the sorrows of unfulfilled ambitions if we direct our requests to God in prayer and patiently wait for Him to answer us. We would avoid the common catastrophic results of hasty decisions and presumptuous conduct if we wait to hear from God through prayer and the reading of His word.

We must slow down in life and align our pace with God’s if we will receive His help in our hours of trails, temptations and needs. “Because of his strength: said the psalmist, “will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence” (Ps 59:9). We must shun the hurrying world, share our burdens with God in prayer and wait (Psalm 5:3).

Waiting and Working

Waiting on the Lord, however, should not be assumed to mean stoppage of all efforts towards the realization of one’s set goals. Being patient for God to intervene in our affairs doesn’t turn us into fatalistic believers, doing nothing and hoping for anything. Waiting for God is turning to Him in prayers, trusting in His word for the things we desire, doing our best as may be required, and looking up to Him.
Whatever is its purpose, childbearing, marriage partner, marital bliss, good job, healing, personal spiritual growth, ministerial progress – waiting is an activity that involves the pursuit of God for the realization of desires. Whosoever, waits on God earnestly seeks his face and rests upon his promises, until He grants his/her requests.

Now, it isn’t all who wait on the Lord that realize the purpose of their waiting. Yes, it is possible to wait in vain! For waiting to be fruitful, therefore, it must be accompanied by certain elements outlined below:

Holiness and Blamelessness

Temptations to sin are rife during the waiting period. In addition, when the waiting drags too long than we have envisaged, the feelings of desperation might set in. Therefore, we should fight the urge to speed up and conclude the waiting by ungodly means. While we wait upon the Lord we should strictly abide by His commandment and walk in His ways. The scripture admonishes us to “wait on the Lord, and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land…”Psalm 37:34. We should not attempt anything to “help God meet our desires quickly.

Patience

Our waiting should be firmly rooted in patience, otherwise, we will soon quit. There are Christians who pray and wait for a moment for God to act. If, however, they sense any delay, they begin to fret and work out an alternative.

King Saul belongs to this group of anxious waiters. The philistines had moved their troops to Micmash, and army of “thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and a people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude” (1st Samuel 13:8). Ready for war against Israel. Visibly, Saul’s army and weapon were no match for the enemy’s and his soldiers began trembling, ducking and taking cover (verse 6). However, the king knew God could win the war for Israel if Samuel, the Prophet, could come in time to pray and beseech the Lord the Lord with sacrifice; and the prophet had given his word that he would visit the war front.
Now after tarrying for seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered for him: (1st Sam. 13:8), Saul quit waiting and hasten to perform the sacrifice. “And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came…” (Verse 10). What followed was one of the most tragic verdicts in the scripture: “and Samuel said, what has thou not kept the commandment of the Lord they God, which He commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established the kingdom upon Israel forever, but now, they kingdom shall not continue…” 1Sameul 13:11, 13, 14).

Courage and Hope

Our waiting shouldn’t be characterised with moodiness and self-pity. We should not wear the look of a bereaved soul: or conduct ourselves like some hopeless, defeated and dejected saints. Ours is not a waiting game of uncertain outcomes. We know that, surely, our patient tarrying will result in the realization of the objects of our unpleasant situations for good. “The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord” Lamentation 3:25 – 26). Therefore, we should look forward to His intervention with solid hope and saintly cheer.


Those who wait on God should rest in the Lord though daylight turns to darkness and all hope of His intervention is seemingly lost. God is never pleased with backsliders and fickle-minded Christians (Heb. 10:38).

No matter the challenges before you now, God is able to provide you with the needed solutions and give you victory if you will wait on Him in prayer, with faith, patience, courage and hope, in holiness and service to Him. Cast away your worries and fears and don’t resort to any ungodly means to solve your problems. “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD: (Psalms 27:14).

HOWEVER, WHY IS IT HURTFUL BREAKING A RELATIONSHIP?

Managing BREAKUPS.

Thinking or pondering how to handle breakups? I will start by quoting what a true victim of breakup (Rachel) said,

“We have been dating for close to two years and had been friends for more than four years. When he wanted to end the relationship, he couldn’t even face me. He just stopped talking to me and refused picking my calls. I felt helpless. The disappointment was overwhelming. Very traumatic. I kept asking myself, “What did I do wrong?”

A breakup can crush your joyful disposition and replace it with tearful despair. Consider Okechukwu and Chinaza, who dated for six months. Over this period their emotional bond grew. Throughout the day, Okechukwu sent Chinaza sms with expression of endearment. From time to time, he gave her gifts to show that he was thinking of her. “Oke put forth an effort to listen to me and understand me,” Chinaza says. “He made me feel special.”

Before long, Oke and Chinaza were talking about marriage and where they would live as husband and wife. Okey even inquired about Chinaza’s ring size. Then, quite abruptly, he called off the relationship! Chinaza was devastated. She went through the motions of daily life, but she felt numb with shock. She said she became mentally and physically exhausted.”


If you have been in a situation similar to Chinaza, you might well wonder, ‘will I ever be able to move on?’ (Psalm 38:6) your distress is understandable. Sudden breakups in relationships may be one of the most traumatic experiences you ever had to endure. In fact, some have said that it is like a tinydeath. You may even find yourself going through these and perhaps other typical stages of grief. You denial the whole show and think he/she will change his or her mind in a day or two. You may even get annoyed. In addition, you may think you are unlovable and thinks that’s the end of your life. Then as time goes on you will have to accept the show and move on.

The good news is that you can reach the acceptance stage. How much time it will take to get there depends on a number of reasons, including how long your relationship lasted and how far it progressed. In the meantime, how can you cope with the heartbreak?

MOVE FORWARD!

You may have heard the saying, “Time heals all wounds”. When you first breakup, those words might ring hollow. That is because time is only a part of the solution. As an illustration, a cut on your skin will heal in time, but hurts now. You need to stop the bleeding and soothe the pain. You also need to keep it from becoming infected. The same is true with an emotional wound. Now, it hurts. But there are steps you can take to lessen the pain and keep from becoming infected with bitterness. Time will do its part, but how can you do yours? I have listed the following steps in getting over breakups, though the best option is to prevent it from happening.

ALLOW YOURSELF TO GRIEVE

There is nothing wrong with having a good cry. After all, the bible says that there is “a time to weep and even a time to wail”. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4). Shedding tears doesn’t mean you are weak. In the midst of emotional anguish, even David – a courageous warrior, once admitted: “Every night my bed damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears.”-Psalm 6:6.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH

Physical exercise and proper nutrition will help replenish the energy lost from emotional toll of a breakup. “Bodily training is beneficial,” 1Timothy 4:8.

KEEP BUSY

Don’t stop doing the things that interest you. Now, more than ever, don’t isolate yourself. Prov. 18:1. Associating with those who care about you will give you something positive on which to focus.

PRAY TO GOD ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS AND WAITING FOR HIS PERFECT WILL TO BE DONE.

This might be a challenge. After a breakup, some even feel betrayed by God. They reason, ‘I prayed and prayed that he or she will change her mind or that I would find some one, and now look at what happened! It will be wrong to see God as merely a celestial matchmaker. That’s not God. What I know about Him is that HE CARES FOR YOU! So pour out your feelings to Him in prayer. The Word of God states; “Let your petitions be made known to God; and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard your heart and mental powers through daily meditations of God’s word. Prayer is an essential ingredient of our waiting; without it our tarrying is in vain. Those who wait on the Lord pray to the Lord. But the waiting prayer is not a one-shot call to God. Rather, it is a sustained supplication to the creator, “Till He fill they mouth with laughing, and they lips with rejoicing” (Job 8:21). The Word of God is spirit and life. His word is the most vital, if you must overcome the bitterness of breakups. God is working for your good, may be this person is not good enough for you.

LOOKING AHEAD.

After you have had time to heal, you might do well to take a close look at just what happened in your past relationship. When you are ready to do that, you may find that writing out your responses to the following questions will help you:

1. What were the reasons given for the breakup?
2. What other reasons, do you think, might have been involved?
3. In hindsight, is there anything you could have done that would have changed

situation? If so, What?
4. Has this experience revealed anyways in which you would like to grow spiritually

or emotionally?
5. What, if anything, would you do differently in your next relationship?

Yes, the relationship you were involved in didn’t become what you had hoped. Nevertheless, remember this: in the middle of a storm, it’s easy to focus on the dark sky and the pouring rain. Eventually, though, the rain stops and the sky clears. From researches, it is established that in time, you will be able to move on. Be assured that this is true.

Move Ahead!

HEAVEN'S HEALING. PART I

Did you know that your chances of dying of heart disease may be as high as 50%? Your chances of dying of cancer may be as high as 30%?
This article will empower you to beat these statistics.
To understand the concepts of healing, we first need to know:

Why do we get sick?
Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health.
What does this mean?

1. The symptoms of disease (e.g. pain‚ fever‚ and inflammation) are nature’s effort to get better.
2. Disease comes because we are violating God’s physical laws.

How can symptoms of disease be our body’s effort to recover?

Disease is not a negative condition which should be combated and suppressed ('cured')‚ but a self-defensive‚ protective effort of the body to restore health. Pain is our body's way of telling us that something is wrong. Inflammation is a re-constructive process and should not be suppressed. Every acute disease is an effort of nature to cleanse and heal. When suppressed‚ it becomes sub-acute‚ and then‚ with time‚ chronic and degenerative.
How is disease the result of violating God’s physical laws?
Medicine suggests that we are victims of sickness‚ attacked by a bad organism‚ having a bad organ‚ cursed by bad genes‚ etc. In reality‚ illness is most often a result of our own choices not dependent on uncontrollable factors. Disease-causing organisms are scavengers; they cannot find a home in a healthy body with a strong immune system. Bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasitic infection is not the primary cause of disease but rather its result. Even the father of the germ theory‚ Pasteur‚ began to understand the true relationship of germs to disease late in his life‚ when he stated: “The germ is nothing‚ the soil [the condition of the body] is everything‚” meaning that a germ can only thrive in a suitable environment.
God's law is written by His own finger upon every nerve‚ every muscle‚ and every faculty which has been entrusted to man. God in His wisdom has established natural laws for the proper control of dress‚ appetites‚ and passions‚ and He requires of us obedience in every particular; this determines the condition of our health. All our enjoyment or suffering may be traced to obedience or to transgression of natural law.
God loves His creatures with a love that is both tender and strong. He has established the laws of nature; but His laws are not arbitrary exactions. Every "Thou shalt not‚" whether in physical or moral law‚ contains or implies a promise. If it is obeyed‚ blessings will attend our steps; if it is disobeyed‚ the result is danger and unhappiness. The transgression of the physical law is transgression of God's law. As sin is the transgression of the moral law‚ disease is the transgression of the physical law.
Florence Nightingale once said‚ “There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions.” Disease is merely a departure from normal health. A careful conformity to the laws which God has implanted in our being will insure health‚ and there will not be a breaking down of the constitution. God has pledged Himself to keep this machinery in healthful action if the human agent will obey His laws‚ and co-operate with him. “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God‚ and wilt do that which is right in his sight‚ and wilt give ear to his commandments‚ and keep all his statutes‚ I will put none of these diseases upon thee… for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” Exodus 15:26.
When we realize that disease is the result of transgression of God’s physical laws‚ the cure for it is found in identifying the cause. Remove the cause and we have found the cure.
So what should I do when I get sick?

The greatest cause of human suffering is ignorance on the subject of how to treat our own bodies. In case of sickness‚ the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed‚ and wrong habits corrected. Then‚ nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.


When the abuse of health is carried so far that sickness results‚ we can often do what no one else can do for ourselves:

1. First find out what is causing the disease‚ because disease never comes without a cause. Reason with yourself‚ “What could I have done to become sick?” In the beginning reasoning from cause to effect may be challenging to ascertain but with practice and conscious awareness it will become easy. And then you will be able to say like David‚ “I understand more than the ancients‚ because I keep Thy precepts.” Psalm 119:100.

2. Remove the cause; stop doing the things that made you sick.
3. Assist the body’s efforts to expel impurities by using natural remedies and trusting in God.
4. Lastly‚ do not endeavor to adjust the difficulties by adding a burden of poisonous medicines.

How can I obtain Heaven’s healing?

Christ desires that humanity co-operates with divinity. What human power can do divine power is not summoned to do. God does not dispense with man's aid. He strengthens him‚ co-operating with him as he uses the powers and capabilities given him.
There are many ways of practicing the healing art; but there is only one way that Heaven approves. God's remedies are the simple agencies of nature that will not tax or debilitate the system through their powerful properties. Pure air and water‚ cleanliness‚ proper diet‚ purity of life‚ and a firm trust in God‚ these are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying; yet these remedies are going out of date because their skillful use requires work that the people do not appreciate. Fresh air‚ exercise‚ pure water‚ and clean‚ sweet premises‚ are within the reach of all‚ with but little expense; but drugs are expensive‚ both in the outlay of means‚ and the effect produced upon the system.
God is greatly dishonored by the way in which man treats his organism‚ and He will not work a miracle to counteract a perverse violation of the laws of life and health. The Lord has made it a part of His plan that man's reaping shall be according to his sowing.
However‚ it is a safe proposition that after a person has done all in his power to search out and put away the cause of his disease‚ and it is found to be after all‚ that the cause is beyond all human effort to remove. Then‚ if the one sole aim of his healing is the glory of God and the keeping of the commandments of God‚ he may with perfect confidence and full assurance of faith ask the Lord to heal him.
Still‚ while presenting our petitions with earnestness‚ we should say‚ “Nevertheless not my will‚ but Thine‚ be done.” Luke 22:42. We do not know whether the blessing we desire will be best for us or not. Therefore‚ our prayers should include this thought: “Lord if it is for Thy glory that my health be restored‚ I ask‚ in the name of Jesus. If it be not Thy will give me Thy grace to comfort and Thy presence to sustain me.”

So what is the only method of obtaining healing that heaven approves of?

If your doctor were to inform you that to get better you would only have to take eight different pills a day‚ and he gave them to you for free‚ would you try them? The likelihood is you would. Today‚ the Greatest Physician in the universe is offering us eight remedies that one can take everyday and get better and stay well. Moreover they are so simple. Will we accept His offer?
God often uses the simplest means to accomplish the greatest results. Goliath the giant was killed by a small pebble. The power did not come from the pebble‚ but from David’s faith and obedience to God. Naaman the leper was healed by washing in the river of Jordan‚ because by obeying he expressed trust and obedience to God. Today‚ “Jesus Christ the same yesterday‚ and today‚ and forever” (Hebrews 13:8)‚ the only true Physician‚ would like to share with us eight remedies to prevent illness andobtain His healing.

These remedies are better than the orthodox medicines that the world gives because‚ firstly‚ they are free; secondly‚ they work for all; and lastly‚ they have no bad side-effects (only good ones like more energy‚ greater endurance‚ sharper memory‚ younger-looking skin‚ loss of extra weight‚ etc).
How is it possible that the same eight remedies work for all?
Although externally we may look different‚ internally our bodies are governed by the same physical laws of nature. That is why the same plan works for everyone.
Okay‚ so what are these eight remedies that Jesus has for us?

Watch out!

GENDER ISSUES IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT


Gender issues in Education and by Extension National Development had taken center stage in academic discuss in recent times. These issues had addressed women participation in Education, Women Empowerment, Feminism, sexual abuse/violence, women affairs commissions, gender inequalities etc. This paper believes that these relative gender issues are consequential in Northern Nigeria and educationally disadvantaged states. The paper thus discussed the roles of education and rights to educational opportunities by Nigerian citizenry. The paper also examined and applauded the pivotal roles of women to national development. It further characterised the position of women in Northern Nigeria from the standpoint of socio-economic disadvantages and proposed the enforcement and repealing of obsolete laws so as to dismantle all forms of impediments against the development/advancement of women in Northern Nigeria and the Nigerian women in general


INTRODUCTION
Education is an instrument of power, prestige, survival, greatness and advancement of men and nations. It is also an agent of change, a key to knowledge and accelerated development. Education had also been viewed as a continuous process where individual continue to learn, re-learn and un-learn norms, values and attitudes to make them fit to the society they live.
Various successive governments in Nigeria had placed education at its focal agenda in their service delivery to its people. The seven-point agenda of the present government can be said to revolve round education and integrated national development.
“Navigating” the works of Danladi (2006: 1), he sees education as a process that will bring about all-round development and progress of individuals and the society in general. He also cited Obanya (1995) who argued that education ought to be responsive to the needs of the society it is intended to serve.
Gender issues in education had attracted national, international and intellectual recognition and interests. The perspectives of their various interests and focuses had been on human rights, women inequality, women empowerment, girl-child educations, feminism, female educational opportunities performance etc. It is the opinion of this paper that these relative gender issues are more prevalent, obvious and consequential in Northern Nigeria and other educationally disadvantaged states in Nigeria.


ROLES/RIGHTS TO EDUCATION NIGERIA
The roles of education and rights to educational opportunities and advancement had been clearly documented and enshrined in relevant documents in Nigeria and world-wide.
The national policy an education revised (2004) stipulates the following objectives of education in Nigeria viz:
· To provide functional literacy and continuing education for adults and youths who had never had the advantage of formal education or who did not complete their primary education (Nomads, migrants and the physically challenged.
· To provide functional remedial education for those young people who did not complete secondary schools,
· To provide for different categories of people a formal education to improve their knowledge and skills,
· To provide in-service, on-the job vocational and professional training for different categories of workers and professionals in order to improve their basic skills and knowledge,
· To give the adult citizens of the country necessary aesthetic, cultural and civil education for public enlightenment.
The provision of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria FGN (1999) on education is enshrined in section 18(1) that:-
“Government shall direct its policy towards ensuring that there are equal and adequate educational opportunities at all levels”. It also stated that government shall eradicate literacy and to this end government shall as and when practicable provide free compulsory and universal primary education, free secondary education, free university education and free adult literacy education and that no one shall be discriminated on the basis of sex, race religion etc.
The universal declaration on human rights adopted by the United Nation General Assembly in 1948 stressed that everyone has the right to education which shall be free at least in elementary and primary stages.
It has also been documented by the United Nation Economic Social and Cultural Organizations UNESCO declaration in Dakar 2000 as follows:
1) Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
2) Ensuring that by the year 2015, all children with special emphasis on girl-child in difficult circumstances and from ethnic minorities have access to and complete free and compulsory qualitative primary education.
3) Ensuring that learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life skilled programmes.
4) Achieving 50% improvement in level of adult literacy by 2015 especially for women and equitable access to basic continuing education.
5) Eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education, by the year 2015.
6) Improving all aspects of quality education and ensuring excellence for all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved in numeric and life skills.
From the following theoretical and statutory legal positions on the goals of education and rights of every citizen to education, the view points can be decomposed into three conceptual clarifications thus:
1) The role of education to national development had been stressed and therefore should be accorded its optimum focus in a plan of action for National development.
2) Gender equality had been upheld. It therefore means that all forms of gender differentials and inequalities that may be observed in Nigerian educational system are institutionalized and man-made hence should be dismantled.
3) Free, early and compulsory education for the girl-child with a focus on skill acquisition will enhance national development.
WOMEN AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW.
The position of women in Africa had been seen from the perspective of a second class citizen to men. They are viewed as those who look after the homes, bear and rear children for the men. According to William (1990:134), women are preoccupied with looking after the homes, men and the children. In his views, Read (1996:19) he wrote that women are female human being, mistress and servants who does the domestic chores (cleaning and cooking).
The economic position of women had been well documented by Aderemi (1997:211). He stated that women wield substantial economic power integrated into the macro and micro economy. He further stressed that women control the bulk of local and long distance trade, dominate the food processing and cottage industries, and participate actively in agriculture and health care.
It had also been stressed that women are home makers and are known to be able to cope with jobs that are repetitive in nature such as agriculture, cooking and other skilled vocational occupations. The World Bank (2004) year book revealed startling reports about women thus:
· Women constitute about 50% of world population. NPC (1991) puts Nigerian male: Female as 44,544531 and 43,969,970. Women comprise 75% of the world’s illiterate people. (This may be higher in Africa)
· Women head up to 30% of world’s household
· Women produce about 50% of the world’s food
· Women received only 1/10 of the world’s total income
· Women own less than 1/100 of the world’s real properties
These theoretical and empirical positions about women points to the fact that for any functional and sustainable plan of actions for national development, it should be focused on the women populace

IMPEDIMENTS TO THE GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
A number of factors and practices affect the girl-child education in northern Nigeria. These include poverty/child labour, illiteracy/ignorance, easily marriage Islamic religious practices and social stratification/family background. Socio-cultural value, peer influence etc.
Early Marriage
Most girls within the age bracket of 12 – 15 years are contracted or conscripted into marriage without prejudice to the health and socio-psychological hazards involved. The parents due to poverty are left with no option than to resolve to faith. Such females are completely denied assess to educational opportunities.
Poverty/Child Labour
It is common practices to see girls of school age hawking various article of trade in urban and rural area in Northern Nigeria. This situation had been blamed exclusively on the unacceptable poverty level in Nigeria
Illiteracy/Ignorance
Closely related to poverty and child labour is ignorance and illiteracy. The value of education had not been fully acknowledged by most parents in Northern Nigeria particularly those that reside in the remote villages.
Islamic Religious Practices
The Northern Nigeria is predominantly secular. The Islamic moral tenants based on chastity discourage fornication. Based on this belief most parents encourage their females to marry at the expense of formal schooling.
Socio-Cultural Values
The socio-cultural set up in most part of the Northern Nigeria encourages the education of males in favour of the female who are expected to perform various domestic chores at home.

Peer-Group Influence
Due to peer group influence most parents and their female children tend to borrow/adopt obnoxious practices detrimental to girl-child education. They would not want to be branded exception to societal practices.
Family Background/Social Stratification
The social background and family structure of the girl-child to a large extent depend on their chances of enrolment to formal education. Enlightened parents or families in Northern Nigeria do not discriminate against female education.
The list of these militating factors may be winding, threathful and very consequential to the girl-child education particularly his Northern Nigeria.
With the Nigeria 7-point agenda, vision 2020 and millennium development goals of 2015 in view, there is the need to bridge all forms of educational impediment to the girl-child education. The following recommendations had been proposed.

CONCLUSIONS/ RECOMMENDATIONS

It had been observed that gender bias exist in girl-child education in Northern Nigeria. The danger of this trend cannot equate the merits of educating the prospective housewives, mothers and career women. By extension, their contributions to national development cannot be quantified. We hereby join the crusade to dismantle all forms of institutional and man-made impediments to girl-child education in Nigeria.
Even though recommendations had been made in the past aimed at improving the girl-child education, not much had been done to enforce the recommendations, policies and programmes. Nevertheless, the following approaches may further amplify the needs for female education for sustainable Natural development.
1) Government should put in place the necessary legal instruments endorsed by the legislative arm of government to prohibit and prosecute those that encourage gender bias to girl-child education.
2) Government should launch massive and aggressive functional adult literacy education in all states and local government councils in Northern Nigeria.
3) Individuals, communication networks and non-governmental organization should sponsor educational campaign through the mass media, rallies, seminars, workshops and conferences to discuss the needs and way forward for girl-child education.
4) Religious leaders and organization should preach the needs for formal education as a necessary tool for advancing spiritual fulfillment.
5) Scholarship and bursary should be given to females to encourage them to progress in their educational pursuits.


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