Why I Like “Mgboto” Mbaise

PRINCE MACDONALD ENWERE 

For clarity purposes, kindly note that I am not from Mbaise, so my analogy here with all sense of sincerity is not predicated on the standpoint of clannish sentimentalism or prejudice, rather is based solely on objectivity and sincerity of mind.

With deep extrospection, conscious and critical evaluation, I wish to say without any modicum of preconceptions that on average note, Mgboto Mbaise ( Mbaise women) are the best.  

They are modeled as home builders. Wherever they are married to, their aura and presence bring change. They are always mindful of the laborious task of good parenting. They are very hard-working, industrious, enterprising, hospitable,  pragmatic and highly spirited. 

Mgboto Mbaise are usually down-to-earth, they are home-grown materials, highly domesticated and expert in child rearing. They know how to inculcate good morals in their children. That is why their children are always great and exceptional anywhere they are. Any child trained by an Mbaise woman such child will be exceptional in character. 

They are very jealous, they love their husbands and are ready to do anything to protect and defend their marriage. They guide their husbands like a Chinese jewel against external predators. They can surmount and withstand any marital challenges. An Mbaise woman cannot abandon her marriage nor matter the daunting challenges. Even if her husband mistakenly marries another woman she cannot move an inch, rather she is ready to answer “Nwie di” . They are the real “Onyikodoro and “Ononga – ono” in marriage. Divorce is never in their dictionary probably because they know that once they are married there is no more accommodation for them again in their father’s house. They don’t belong to the group of “Azu-anukas”, yes, I mean the “Azu-anukas”.

Even if their husbands have no money, their family wouldn’t feel it because they will go extra mile in working hard to feed the family without looking at the husband. They go borrow to train their children in school.  In every market you go, you see them trading in all sorts of items to keep the family. They are very homely, they will give you the best services both at home and in “the other room”, yes I mean “the other room”.

While other women call their husbands “Papa Nneka, Papa Ekene, Ndaa Pauly”, Mbaise women call their husbands “Nna-anyi, Obim, Omem n’obi” while their husbands in reciprocation call them ” Obi di ya, Ahu di ya, Enyi di ya, Iko di ya, Nne di ya” . Whenever you hear a man calling his wife any of the names above you know that the wife is from Mbaise. This may be the reason why bride price is high in Mbaise. This is one of the problems with them. I am not saying that every Mbaise woman is good, no, there are still very bad ones among them.  But on the average, Mgboto Mbaise is good. 

Another problem with Mbaise women is that they are very domineering. They will like to dominate their husbands, this is very wrong. Sometimes, immediately they come into a family they begin to practice “me – and- my husband alone”.
 This article is a clarion call and sound intervention for them to work on these negative aspects about them. But in all, Mgboto Mbaise is the best.

 *NOTE: Prince MacDonald Enwere is not from Mbaise*