62-year-old Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, ace actress, has lamented the divorce culture in contemporary marriages, saying she fears for what the younger generation are learning from their parents.
The Nollywood star was speaking about her marriage convictions in an interview with ChannelsTV.
“That is not marriage for me. That is a relationship that could be broken at any time. For me, marriage is forever till death do us part. That’s the way I brought up my children. What we have today baffles me,” the actress said.
“I feel for the children that they’re giving birth to because I don’t know how they would learn something better from their parents. We are praying for this generation and the one to come. That’s our duty as good mothers.
“I mean, what you see today will be a child’s play. The future will be worse and that’s what we don’t want.”
Ozokwor made a comparison with her time when marriages were arranged by parents and relatives while couples are left with no choice.
She also said she never divorced her own husband even when he was battling a terminal illness.
“When you find that the man is already sick with a terminal disease, you have to battle with training the children and helping him out. He’s your husband. You can’t deny it and you must do your duty as a wife,” she added.
“Coming from a Christian background, we are not allowed to divorce. That gave me the courage to really do what I could. I remember the first time he went into a coma.
“When he recovered and came back, he said he wouldn’t believe it if anyone told him I would be able to take care of him like that. Everyone thought I was going to burst out and say I’m done with this but I couldn’t.”