Betty Mould-Iddrisu tears into Parliament over 32-year failure on spousal property rights

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Many women are gold diggers 5 months ago

We are reluctant because it will lead to i crease killing of men by the gold diggers. Rephrase the laws to make sure the right things are done.

We are reluctant because it will lead to i crease killing of men by the gold diggers. Rephrase the laws to make sure the right things are done.
Kwaku Tee 5 months ago

Who else can fight for spousal property right than this girl from the Mould family. So greedy and materialistic family.By the way did the 1st wife of Mr Iddrisu Mahama cheat her in their sharing of their husband's properties?

Who else can fight for spousal property right than this girl from the Mould family. So greedy and materialistic family.By the way did the 1st wife of Mr Iddrisu Mahama cheat her in their sharing of their husband's properties?
don`t care !!! © 5 months ago

Hmmmm! Attorney General for 2years out of 100 cases filed @ the court of law, she drew one and lost the remaining 99 cases

Betty Mould-Iddrisu, you were in a position to put your concern right, but why now?

Hmmmm! Attorney General for 2years out of 100 cases filed @ the court of law, she drew one and lost the remaining 99 cases

Betty Mould-Iddrisu, you were in a position to put your concern right, but why now?
Dr Mumbi Seraki 5 months ago

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine.......for instance 10 paracetamol at once.......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide. ..

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine.......for instance 10 paracetamol at once.......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide. ..
KOFI 5 months ago

We should be careful not to follow the Western world in matrimonial matters.

It has come to the head now and they are struggling socially.

Men are refusing to marry, let alone form relationships because their assets wil ...
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We should be careful not to follow the Western world in matrimonial matters.

It has come to the head now and they are struggling socially.

Men are refusing to marry, let alone form relationships because their assets will be handed over to women.

This is a slippery slope to doom. Today, birth rates are reducing in these countries and women are crying for such laws to be reversed.
Nii 5 months ago

SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT WHAT WOMEN WILL GET AFTER MARRIAGE, WOMEN ARE GREEDY CREATURES, THEM BUT DONT MARRY THEM, THIS GOES TO ALL YOUNG MEN.

SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT WHAT WOMEN WILL GET AFTER MARRIAGE, WOMEN ARE GREEDY CREATURES, THEM BUT DONT MARRY THEM, THIS GOES TO ALL YOUNG MEN.
Citizen 5 months ago

Dear Madam! Even road from Accra to Kumasi for 32 years we don't have. People are dying through road accidents and you are fighting for Property. Who inherits the property while lives are lost. Come on.

Dear Madam! Even road from Accra to Kumasi for 32 years we don't have. People are dying through road accidents and you are fighting for Property. Who inherits the property while lives are lost. Come on.
Nana 5 months ago

For 32yrs no development has taken place in Volta region, apart from the few that NPP did. Foolishly they also vote 100% for NDC every 4yrs, not knowing that they are not on Madam Betty Mould's priorities. She's thinking of ...
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For 32yrs no development has taken place in Volta region, apart from the few that NPP did. Foolishly they also vote 100% for NDC every 4yrs, not knowing that they are not on Madam Betty Mould's priorities. She's thinking of sharing men's properties.
Azugu & Double 5 months ago

@ Nana. So do you want them to vote for Bawumia? Heheheee. How can the good and sensible people of the Volta Region for for a dancing goat like Bawumia. Are you mad?

@ Nana. So do you want them to vote for Bawumia? Heheheee. How can the good and sensible people of the Volta Region for for a dancing goat like Bawumia. Are you mad?
THE TRUTH 5 months ago

If I were Madam Betty Mould Iddrisu, I will assist John Dramani Mahama to improve the economy, instead of influencing girls on how to get monies from men.Many of our ladies can make it in life without men if they get good job ...
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If I were Madam Betty Mould Iddrisu, I will assist John Dramani Mahama to improve the economy, instead of influencing girls on how to get monies from men.Many of our ladies can make it in life without men if they get good jobs.
Mawuli 5 months ago

Where form this nonsense. What property law. Pass it and u will see what will happen I'm the juju world. We go use juju to kill any woman who wants to benefit from what she has not worked for.. jux because I got married to um ...
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Where form this nonsense. What property law. Pass it and u will see what will happen I'm the juju world. We go use juju to kill any woman who wants to benefit from what she has not worked for.. jux because I got married to um I shd share my property with u. gyama WA gyimii kakra
Odjame 5 months ago

Is like all is about women . Women must also make properties for their husbands .society is failing all because of the same women . A woman packed her belongings and lives here marriage for no tangible reason yet eyes the pro ...
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Is like all is about women . Women must also make properties for their husbands .society is failing all because of the same women . A woman packed her belongings and lives here marriage for no tangible reason yet eyes the properties of the man. Some women are even killing their husbands just to possessed his fortunes and settle with her sideman . Men need protection, the boy child also needs protection . The nonsense about women and girl child must stop . They must all be given equal opportunities to thrive .
Odjame 5 months ago

*Possess

*Possess
Right for what 5 months ago

Right for what. Cooking for yourself , children and husband. Didn’t the man pay rent , work hard when she’s lazing in the house. Using the cooker to cook, buying take away, using washing machine, disrespecting the hard wo ...
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Right for what. Cooking for yourself , children and husband. Didn’t the man pay rent , work hard when she’s lazing in the house. Using the cooker to cook, buying take away, using washing machine, disrespecting the hard working man, sometimes cheating and deceiving him with children who are not his.

Men should learn and also seek legal advice before marriage. Her woman who deserves her husbands property will rightfully get it without any legal processes
Akua 5 months ago

CHANGE IT TO THE GOLD DIGGERS BILL AND IT WILL BE PASSED ! WOMEN SHOULD ACQUIRE THEIR OWN PROPERTY . DO NOT GO INTO MARRIAGE TO ACQUIRE HUSBAND PROPERTY . NO WONDER MEN DIE SO EARLY.

CHANGE IT TO THE GOLD DIGGERS BILL AND IT WILL BE PASSED ! WOMEN SHOULD ACQUIRE THEIR OWN PROPERTY . DO NOT GO INTO MARRIAGE TO ACQUIRE HUSBAND PROPERTY . NO WONDER MEN DIE SO EARLY.
ASUNKE 5 months ago

Spousal property law is simply a law for women, most are just either liabilities to their husbands or are rather having a favor from them as a result marriage. Nothing more. Is a Law against most hardworking men who single ha ...
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Spousal property law is simply a law for women, most are just either liabilities to their husbands or are rather having a favor from them as a result marriage. Nothing more. Is a Law against most hardworking men who single handedly earn their properties
FA BE WO SO SUBAN BONE 5 months ago

GO AND SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE. IS THAT YOUR PRIORITY. DO YOU KNOW HOW INTRICATE THIS MATTER IS? YOU THINK IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF PASSING A LAW TO GIVE 5O PER CENT PROPERTY TO A WOMAN WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED NOTHING TO IT. WHAT NO ...
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GO AND SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE. IS THAT YOUR PRIORITY. DO YOU KNOW HOW INTRICATE THIS MATTER IS? YOU THINK IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF PASSING A LAW TO GIVE 5O PER CENT PROPERTY TO A WOMAN WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED NOTHING TO IT. WHAT NONSENSE. AFTER A MAN HAS GONE THROUGH THE SWEAT TO FINANCE THE FAMILY, THEN HE GIVES ANOTHER HALF OF HIS PROPERTY TO A WIFE? WHY CANT THE WOMAN WORK TO ACQUIRE HER OWN PROPERTY? WHAT UTTER NONSENSE. YOU ARE NOT RELEVANT AT ALL. GO ENJOY YOUR NO-WORK COUNCIL OF STATE MONIES FOR LIFE.
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Nene Mensa 5 months ago

With Betty, Ghana men will soon turn to be just like European men, fucking themselves or remaining sigle. Leave our Traditional marriage alone, it has worked for centuries and is working good. If a woman wants equal share of ...
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With Betty, Ghana men will soon turn to be just like European men, fucking themselves or remaining sigle. Leave our Traditional marriage alone, it has worked for centuries and is working good. If a woman wants equal share of properties, she has option to go for court registered marriage/wedding. Give women little power, and they want to push it for more. Betty, leave our Traditional marriage alone oooooo tommm, for f**k sake.I dont even know why they brought her back mpo.
Kinds Young 5 months ago

A bill such as that, will stop the young men from marriage. No man wants to work all his life and lose everything to a woman who gets bored and wants to leave or worse kills him in order to take his properties. If you extend ...
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A bill such as that, will stop the young men from marriage. No man wants to work all his life and lose everything to a woman who gets bored and wants to leave or worse kills him in order to take his properties. If you extend this law to cover traditional marriages because of feminist tendencies, kiss marriages goodbye in Ghana. Already the trend across the world is not encouraging A woman gets bored easily especially with one man, became becareful what you give them at the expense of their husbands
Kojo Yankee 5 months ago

Dis woman wid maaf like shark alone tells us all we need to know! In our tradition a man takes a wife to HIS home, what property rights can she claim! If she’s good and helps her husband meet the demands of life he will eve ...
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Dis woman wid maaf like shark alone tells us all we need to know! In our tradition a man takes a wife to HIS home, what property rights can she claim! If she’s good and helps her husband meet the demands of life he will even buy a property for her so there’s no fight or dispute over what he has! What a man has is for his children, what a woman has is for her family!
ANA 5 months ago

Please,.what is maaf?

Please,.what is maaf?
Regulate 5 months ago

What is the focus? Definitely the focus is on the property of the men. We are in a jurisdiction where men in marriage acquire properties in the name of the nuclear family but women consciously hide the properties they make fr ...
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What is the focus? Definitely the focus is on the property of the men. We are in a jurisdiction where men in marriage acquire properties in the name of the nuclear family but women consciously hide the properties they make from their husbands. And you expect a male dominated parliament to pass such a STUPID feminist law? JUST FORGET IT madam. When women manage to fill our parliament in majority then you can visit it again. NONSENSE!
Eben 5 months ago

Hmm….I think this is an urgent call for men to rise up and take a stand. In the modern society of Ghana, the idea that women are slaving for the man and should be handed the hard earned property of men is as ridiculous as t ...
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Hmm….I think this is an urgent call for men to rise up and take a stand. In the modern society of Ghana, the idea that women are slaving for the man and should be handed the hard earned property of men is as ridiculous as the one making the case for it. Many women sit in marriages doing virtually nothing and simply tapping their feet for property sharing day. In many cases they also poison the minds of the children while the man working hard to pay for everything that provides comfort in the home. When will men also say enough is enough? Even the way things stand now, I won’t advise any young man to marry.
Abi 5 months ago

Thanks very much Mrs iddirisu for caring for women God will bless u.pls make sure it's done to leave a footprint in ur name.we have all these lawyers in the parliament still we don't know what they are doing.They only joke ,s ...
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Thanks very much Mrs iddirisu for caring for women God will bless u.pls make sure it's done to leave a footprint in ur name.we have all these lawyers in the parliament still we don't know what they are doing.They only joke ,sing and fight over stupid policies that will favour them.minister for culture should back you on this issue.
EE 5 months ago

Funny we think of women enjoying their husbands wealth. I know a lot of homes in the last 20years, all the properties belong to the women. Have we thought about that?
Men these days are sponging off women so if the intentio ...
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Funny we think of women enjoying their husbands wealth. I know a lot of homes in the last 20years, all the properties belong to the women. Have we thought about that?
Men these days are sponging off women so if the intention is to give women something, then I think this law is outdated.
Amecole 5 months ago

Please, “spousal property rights” was not thought of only to benefit women in marriage, but also the male partner if on death of one person the remaining female or male spouse becomes unduly burdened financially or proper ...
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Please, “spousal property rights” was not thought of only to benefit women in marriage, but also the male partner if on death of one person the remaining female or male spouse becomes unduly burdened financially or property wise (compared to the deceased spouse).

Unfortunately in the Ghanaian society of the past, women in spousal relationships were often disadvantaged on the death of their male marital companions, this was a fact. Yes, in contemporary Ghanaian society a good number of women (a minority by the way) are able to stand on their own “two feet” following the death of their male spouse. Yet, majority of women (and some men) are still at a disadvantage in Ghanaian society if sadly their significant other dies.

Let us as a people look on this legislation as a positive step in the right direction, and not through the lens of macho men or greedy relativesof a deceased person.
KOFI 5 months ago

This is the sneaky argument feminists in the Western world used to pass anti men laws and today, its blowing in their faces.

Marriage rates have plummeted. Birth rates are on the floor. Women are crying that men are not e ...
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This is the sneaky argument feminists in the Western world used to pass anti men laws and today, its blowing in their faces.

Marriage rates have plummeted. Birth rates are on the floor. Women are crying that men are not even looking at them.

I also know in my 26 year of leaving in Europe where women have just gotten bored in their marriages whatever it means, fucks another man then go to court to claim that they want the mans property.

This is because they know such laws will allow them to annex the mans property.

I work in this area of law sl know. During my Law School days in Bloomsbury, feminists in my class advocated for these laws not to be widely discussed in the public domain because it will not be good for society cohesion. We laughed our heads out and those of us who advocated for it to be well known were criticised and the tutors, the female ones of course penalised us at every turn.

I have many female colleagues who are resigning left right and center. The reason being that men are not even considering them for relationships. Anytime they tell a man that they have legal qualifications, the man gets cold feet and walks away. As we are in our late 40s and 50s, these men have built property and are scared that she will come into his life then use the feminist laws to annex his property.

Time and time again, my female colleagues who are chronically single, alone and lonely tell you in private that they regret these laws were passed because it has affected their marriage prospects and where they are now, they have no hope but in public, they put up a brave face.

Pass such laws in Ghana and you women will be wailing in the streets.
EN 5 months ago

But on the basis of fairness, is it right for any law to disregard the facts of a marriage to blanketly handover a spouse's property to the other spouse, whether male or female? Shouldn't justice be interested in the facts of ...
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But on the basis of fairness, is it right for any law to disregard the facts of a marriage to blanketly handover a spouse's property to the other spouse, whether male or female? Shouldn't justice be interested in the facts of a marriage to decide if the other spouse deserves the share?
KOFI 5 months ago

What we often see are well-practiced rhetorical strategies employed by feminists. They deliberately use words like “fairness,” “justice,” “equality,” “deserve,” and “men and women” to frame their arguments ...
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What we often see are well-practiced rhetorical strategies employed by feminists. They deliberately use words like “fairness,” “justice,” “equality,” “deserve,” and “men and women” to frame their arguments in appealing terms. However, the substance of the proposals/laws rarely matches those noble concepts. In reality, these measures often function to shift resources and advantages from men to women.

On paper, laws are written with gender-neutral language. But in practice, their real impact comes through interpretation, enforcement policies, and judicial precedent. Having worked in this area for years after Law School at Bloomsbury, I’ve seen firsthand how this plays out.

For instance, in the UK, police policy in domestic situations is to remove the man from the home as a first step, based on the assumption that he is stronger and the woman more vulnerable. This happens regardless of his actual health condition—whether he has high blood pressure, cancer in remission, blood clots, or is unemployed. While the law doesn’t explicitly say men should be treated differently, enforcement makes it so. If the man has nowhere to go, he’s placed in a police cell or a shelter, environments that often include drug addicts and people with severe mental health challenges—places utterly foreign to many of these men.

One case I advised on involved a man who had nearly finished paying off his home. Unbeknownst to him, a woman he was involved with had targeted his property. At one point, she even brought another man into the house and they were having sex which he knew the man will definitely see but she wanted a reaction which will result in the man being thrown out of the house upon police attending. For nearly two years, he endured police removals, arrests, and legal exclusion from his own property. In the end, it was only luck—and a perceptive judge—that allowed him to regain his home and prevent the woman from taking it outright.

Situations like this illustrate the hidden consequences of such laws. That’s why, today, I advise men with property or assets never to cohabit with a woman or allow them to use their home address under any circumstances.

When the rhetoric of “fairness” masks outcomes that consistently disadvantage men, can we really still call it justice? My answer is unequivocal: NO!!!!!!!!!!.
Pelicles. 5 months ago

With all due respect, remember that we have our own traditional laws regarding property rights till the advent of the "Western Killer law". Where I came from, I mean my tribe, whatever I have belongs to my wife and my childre ...
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With all due respect, remember that we have our own traditional laws regarding property rights till the advent of the "Western Killer law". Where I came from, I mean my tribe, whatever I have belongs to my wife and my children, especially the children and we do not make "Wills" or anything, and this is a generational thing.

I am not trying to "downplay" anything but our traditional laws regarding property rights are good and instead of supporting that we have super imposed it with the greedy rights from the West and here we are. Right now, most women go into marriage with the sole aim of getting something from the man through thick and thing.
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J. A. Kronfuor 5 months ago

You were once the Attorney-General. What did you do about it?

There are no distinctions in benefits for the spouse, irrespective of the type of marriage. So talk like a lawyer, Gyimii.

Do you want the women to kill thei ...
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You were once the Attorney-General. What did you do about it?

There are no distinctions in benefits for the spouse, irrespective of the type of marriage. So talk like a lawyer, Gyimii.

Do you want the women to kill their husbands?

Do you want side chicks and girlfriends to go hungry? Stop talking nonsense

Go and pass the law yourself. Baboon
Joe 5 months ago

Pls pls enough is enough. Women are already being paid both in marriage or single just for being in relationships. Just dressing and being lazy. Don't worsen our situation for us. Let encourage ladies to work hard enough

Pls pls enough is enough. Women are already being paid both in marriage or single just for being in relationships. Just dressing and being lazy. Don't worsen our situation for us. Let encourage ladies to work hard enough
kulbogu 5 months ago

Mom i called her mom bcus she is my elder's father's wife, dis one paa i dnt tink u v it ryt, i ll nt commend much on dis issue,

Mom i called her mom bcus she is my elder's father's wife, dis one paa i dnt tink u v it ryt, i ll nt commend much on dis issue,
judischrislam 5 months ago

No Madam. I have personally witnessed and experienced how mcheating Ghanaian women can be.
My brother died young but had a lot of investements and money. He left behind 5 children. Our family handed over the inevestment an ...
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No Madam. I have personally witnessed and experienced how mcheating Ghanaian women can be.
My brother died young but had a lot of investements and money. He left behind 5 children. Our family handed over the inevestment and all the money to his wife.
She married another man and neglected the children. Our family had to turn round to support the children. If I had gone the traditional setup, she would have gotten a small portion of the wealth and the rest would have be saved for the children. Now her new man is enjoying the toil and sweat of my brother.
I now understand the wisdom of the old and the inheritance law should be ,made better to favor children more.

We love our women but we don't trust them. They kill us a lot.
Why don't you pass a law to require any Ghanaian man below the age of 75 if he should die there should be a post morten examination to be performed before burial? This would be a great law for we die young in the hands of these gold diggers.
Pelicles. 5 months ago

Agbesi Woyome "wonkyeni" Attorney General Betty Mould-Iddrisu. It was under her tenure that Woyome became a popular name in Ghana due to the "Wonkyeni" 51million cedis scandal.

This lady has an agenda against men.

Agbesi Woyome "wonkyeni" Attorney General Betty Mould-Iddrisu. It was under her tenure that Woyome became a popular name in Ghana due to the "Wonkyeni" 51million cedis scandal.

This lady has an agenda against men.
DR. ANWAH IBRAHIM KWATSON 5 months ago

Women and materialistic attitude!

Shame on you, Betty. Why do you want such a bill to be passed at all? Tactical approach to depopulation of the male kingdom.

Stop it there, aunty.

Women and materialistic attitude!

Shame on you, Betty. Why do you want such a bill to be passed at all? Tactical approach to depopulation of the male kingdom.

Stop it there, aunty.

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