President Buhari goofed on wife sparks off rows on social media

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reaction to criticism voiced by his wife Aisha Buhari in a BBC interview, saying she belonged in the kitchen and he had "superior knowledge" about running a government, has sparked off major rows on social media with majority lashing out at the president for his "indiscretion" about women.

"I don't know exactly what party my wife belongs to. Actually she belongs in the kitchen, the living room and the other rooms in my house," Buhari told reporters with a chuckle after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"You're standing next to a female German Chancellor, and you go ahead to say your wife belong in the kitchen? I'm just fed up!'" said Tijani Oluwamayowa, a financial journalist.
Speaking in the same vein, Matthew Ogagavworia, a chartered accountant said "When a President says his wife place in the arrangement of things in the home is the kitchen and bedroom. You know where are going.Nowhere.
Another journalist, Joel Nwokeoma said "My wife, Lily, is also a journalist. An experienced financial journalist for that matter. She's doing well, has excelled beyond d kitchen."
One of President Buhari ardent support, Abiodun Atobatele condemned the president position, saying "Standing beside one of the most powerful woman in the world, a woman so powerful that she has enough power to stop you from leaving Germany and your own military won't even shoot a bullet, you dare say your wife belongs to the kitchen.
"Today, UK is headed by a woman. In a matter of four months, the most powerful human will be a woman. PMB, you goofed big time," Atobatele said, adding that "My own Olayinka doesn't belong to the kitchen. She belongs where I belong."
Prince Osuagwu, a journalist said "Where are all the women right activists and all of them that always jump at anything that tends to say men and women are not equal? Where are the women cum gender equality crusaders?"

"Speak up now or forever remain silent..... And for my wife, my dear Mummy Favour, babe you now know where your position is o. If my Presido can have the mind to put our first lady in the KITCHEN, who am I? So if I hear phimmm from you ehn, na Aso rock court go judge our matter o! The declaration has been made!,” Osuagwu noted.
Ademola Akinbola, Public Relation consultant noted that "But should she have gone public? Would that marriage remain the same? Buhari's caustic public reaction might just be an indication of more woes for the marriage. She made good points but used the wrong platform."
An ardent critics of the president on social media, Taulpaul Oselen Omonkhogbe noted that "If you rebuked and scolded those pastors (addressing their members) for REDUCING WOMEN in the 21st century and you celebrate this response, God will ask you questions in your dream tonight."
Comrade Ibrahim added drama to the whole show when he wrote:
Dear wife of the president,
As a wife, once your advice for your husband leave the bedroom or the home and you are comfortable given your husband advice through the mass media..., then it is no longer about the nation. It is about you not having your way.
Thanks.
Yours' sincerely,
comrade Ibrahim
"All these people supporting the husband blindly, how many of you fried akara to woo voters.
Aisha did and she is simply saying she will not do it again unless her husband changes his style.
If you have yet to receive the memo, be told that parade has since changed and so, the parade commander must, of common sense, take a cue," said a capital market operator, Stanley Oronsaye said, adding that "You cannot cry more than the bereaved. Aisha is simply trying to rescue her family integrity from political hangers-on that are leading her husband astray."
"Played the sexism card against his wife, words like "we are dealing with the issue" would have made a lot of sense. This another low for Mr. President. Great thinking and preparation is obviously lacking on this one,” Shola Olushola said.
"So was Angela in the kitchen, living room or the "other room" when the President visited," Osae-Brown Anthony, a banker referring to the German Chancellor.
Wilson Okoh-Esene, a Public Relation practitioner said thus; "Buhari, His Wife and Nigeria:
I have been following the news of the First Lady of Nigeria and her interview with the BBC and all that was said and have been wondering whats going on.
And then, in Germany, PMB is asked to comment on his wife's statements in the interview and he says, "My wife belongs in the kitchen, the living room and the other room".
My question, why are they dragging a purely personal issue public? Who allowed the BBC interview in the first place? Are there no other important issues to talk about, than this?
Nigeria, the more things change, the more they remain the same."