BEVERLY HILLS, February 12, (THEWILL) – Nollywood’s Georgina Onuoha has called out popular Gospel Filmmaker Mike Bamiloye and said teachings from pastors like him had led to failed marriages and the rising popularity of the female aphrodisiac Kayamata from the North.
She accused him of attempting to demonise feminism and objectifying women.
Bamiloye recently advised single and married women to jettison feminism.
He wrote: “If you are a single sister do not join the feminist movement, the feminist movement makes you miss the will of God for your life. If you are married do not join them either if you want to get the best out of your marriage.”
In reaction, Onuoha, took to her Instagram account, enjoining Nigerians to turn deaf ears to such a preaching because it was the reason why women were viewed as properties in Nigeria.
She wrote: “I start questioning the kind of preaching pastors put out there on the pulpit that is why we have broken society and homes.
“To hear a man of God reduce feminism to all of una dey craze, it is high time we start reading the Bible by yourself and stop watching men of God that are leading so many of us astray.
“These are the kind of teachings and preaching from men of God that are supposed to be spiritual leaders teaching Nigerians, yet we wonder why women in Nigeria are seen as commodities, properties and are constantly abused by the society.
“Yet this same Pastor has enjoyed the dividends of feminism because everyone watched his wife growing up as a part of his ministry.
“I hope someone tells him that his wife being able to have a voice and be part of his production is the textbook definition of feminism.”
According to the actress, teachings from pastors had made young girls and women to use Kayamata that has denied them the ability to attain their full potential.
She added: “It is teaching like this that has dimmed the light of so many women in Nigeria, because they cling to the words of their pastors while denying themselves the abilities to attain their full potential.
“It is because of such teachings that our girls and women have been reduced to Kayamata.”
Onuoha stated that the Bible did not teach against feminism, saying that some pastors in the country are just taking “advantage of the scriptures, perverting it to soothe their own fragile masculinity.”
She added: “Women should demand what is due you, honor your father and husband but never let anyone tell you you are not enough, not even your pastors.
“Demanding equal pay, same respect, right to lead and be heard is not a sin.”
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