44-year-old Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, is a Nigerian-Romanian broadcaster and radio talk show host. Mary Nnenna Njoku on the other hand, is a Nigerian actress and film producer. Daddy Freeze took to his Instagram page reacting to a post made by Nigerian Actress, Mary Njoku that men should keep to their side of the bargain of paying pills.
He captioned the post;
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. ~FRZ
See his post below;