Wife of Edo State governor Betsy Obaseki has responded to Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s mockery of her childlessness.
Oshiomhole trolled Governor Godwin Obaseki and his wife recently when he claimed to be reacting to a statement by the latter, in which she allegedly claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo, Monday Okpebholo, does not have a wife.
Oshiomhole said the governor and his wife refused to adopt any child because they do not love children.
“I was shocked yesterday to see Mrs. Obaseki, the first lady, saying that our candidate has no wife. She is the most, I’m sorry that she has to say that, because here is a woman who has no child. Between him and Obaseki, they have no child, they are childless,” he said.
“They are even not ready to adopt…But people who have love for children, they go to motherless home and adopt children.
“They have not adopted, they are both in their 60s. So you married, I don’t know whether it’s a contract or whatever it is, but they have no child.”
Mrs Obaseki, while addressing over 200 Edo women in the diaspora virtually on Saturday, encouraged childless women to view themselves as fruitful, full of potential and proud mothers of children who would arrive in God’s time.
The meeting was co-hosted by Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo.
She said, “My words of comfort to you, like myself, who have conceived and experienced miscarriages, painful stillbirths, and evacuations of babies, who died in our wombs and as a result, have no children to show for the pain we have endured.
“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.
“Take your mind off your challenge, and before you know it, children will start coming.”
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 society.
“There is no point in feeling bad. Women can fulfill God’s purpose in many ways beyond motherhood,” she added.