Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has been criticised by some misogynists for advocating gender equality in Nigerian politics.
It all started with a harmless image the Amazing Grace actress uploaded on Instagram on Friday showing her during a recent campaign supported by Ford Foundation and wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode.
The 55-year-old is seen in the picture holding a sign that reads “Gender inequality is when women account for more than half of our population but we have 109 male senators and 7 female senators.”
While some of her followers agreed with her sentiment, a majority criticised the University of Lagos graduate over her opinion on the matter.
@4tunestylz said “Oh please get over yourselves @ajokesilva if you want to change that, contest an election and see if the same women will vote for you, they can’t just make you a senator because you feel some kind of entitlement, I am sick and tired of women this ,women that!!!”
@joepraiz wasn’t interested in what the actress had to say. He declared: “Who is concern about that now; we want a good economy and better JOB opportunities. ..ma, d women in time past who were in both the house of assembly and Rep wat did they do..E.g Madam Ete (Fmr speaker of d House of rep) etc ..biko let’s agitate for a better Nigeria ..that’s d primary objective; later d gender equality theory can follow…biko (sic)”.
Another critic insisted that gender equality is an excuse women use so they wouldn’t work before they get anything; arguing that women get the best jobs and positions as soon as they claim gender inequality is meted out against them.
