Veteran Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola, has urged Nigerians to accept polygamy, arguing that it is part of the tradition.
Akintola, who spoke in an interview with Biola Bayo, said that polygamy was a common practice in Yoruba families in the past, where men often had more than one wife.
Naija News reports that the actress, 55, noted that the current shortage of men in society makes it reasonable for two women to share one husband.
She shared an example of a woman she knows who brought a second wife into her home because her husband’s sexual needs were higher than hers, and she wanted to avoid constant pressure.
In her view, some women even welcome sharing a husband to maintain peace in the household.
“With the way the world is going, people should embrace polygamy. You say marriage is everything, so if we don’t have enough men according to statistics, does that not mean two women to one man?” she asked.
“I also believe it is part of our tradition. Most of Generation X, Yorubas, and even our parents had two to three wives. It was something we saw while growing up. Maybe we also noticed the disadvantages, but some people say there are advantages too.
“I know some women who would rather have a second wife. I even know someone who married a second wife for her husband so that she could have peace. They didn’t have the same libido. His was higher than hers, so she thought, ‘this man will kill me, let me find support,’ and she married a wife for him.”
