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Save widows from monsters-in-law
2007-08-18 09:29:29
By Editor
A lot has been said and done about the plight of widows but nothing seems to rescue them.
The death of a spouse in most families signals yet another nightmare for the bereaved.
Widows weep with so much agony that one would think they want to join their deceased partners.
However, that is not always the case but they are worried of their fate in the hands of the so called monsters-in-laws.
We are forced to call them so due to experience showing that most of the so called in-laws are a thorn in necks of widows due to the scrambling for whatever is left of the deceased before even the dead can rot.
Someone once said if the dead were to come back to life, they would be shocked to see how their descendants suffered.
Indeed, it is with that in mind that we ought to thank God that dead men can tell no tales.
An ailing relative would suffer under the care of his close family members.
They would foot the medical bills and at times get into debts to save their beloved`s soul.
Come another stage the ailing dies, and then you will see all hell turning loose.
Surprisingly, a lot of relatives from all walks of life emerge, all claiming to have an upper hand on whatever he left, except widows and the children.
Money, houses, cars, and plots are their business while the widow and orphans turn into `none of their businesses.`
In most cases, few, if any, manage to recover the snatched inheritance due to either having no one to guide them or no one bothering to help them.
Government and non governmental organizations don`t seem to play much role in rescuing the situation.
If all were to play their part, we are sure such cases would have been out of the limelight.
We believe it is about time society took stern measures to eradicate the vice once and for all. NGOs too should deal less with politics and more in social issues such as making sure that widows are not deprived of their right to inherit.
Politics as far as we are concerned has more than enough people to deal with. On the other hand, social issues are calling, especially in rural areas where human rights seem to be a new vocabulary in their dictionary.
Human rights activists and well wishers ought to join efforts to go deeper to the neglected a lot, those in rural areas.
They are the ones who need them the most and are the ones with a little know how, if any, on what is legally right and wrong.They have no lawyers and no one to speak for them.
They have no applicable judicial system but the whole world against them.
Let us play our part and help them. They are part of our society and they are our mothers.
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