{"id":137098,"date":"2024-01-08T08:36:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/08\/if-marriage-ends-change-of-name-should-be-optional\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T08:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:36:06","slug":"if-marriage-ends-change-of-name-should-be-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/08\/if-marriage-ends-change-of-name-should-be-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"If Marriage Ends, Change Of Name Should Be Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mary Njoku, a Nollywood actress, has expressed her view on the marital crisis involving her colleague, Yul Edochie, and his ex-wife, May.<\/p>\n<p>Days ago, Yul Edochie had publicly humiliated his ex-wife and demanded that she return his bride price and give up his surname.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-905879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_1842-300x223.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In response, Mary stated that, while a mother is free to change her own name, she should not be forced to give her children a different name.<\/p>\n<p>Yul asked for it to be modified because he is against divorce, and she pointed out that it takes years to build a reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Mary emphasised that altering one\u2019s name after marriage should be optional, and that some women have been held responsible for adding their surnames to maps.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Yvonne Jegede Showers Praise On Son Following Her Crashed Marriage<\/p>\n<p>The actress composed: <strong><em>\u201cIf marriage ends, change of name should be optional Biko. Someone cannot build a Name for many years and he asked to change it just because Oga no wan do again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cA mother shouldn\u2019t be compelled to have a different name from her underaged kids. Except she is allowed to change their names too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBesides, some wives have been responsible for putting their surnames on the map. Asking them to drop it is like stealing her copyright. Except she wants to.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE POST:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gistreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A-mother-shouldnt-be-compelled-to-have-a-different-name-from-her-underage-kids-Mary-Njoku-Kemi-Filani-blog-min.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Njoku Yul May\" width=\"720\" height=\"1189\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A-mother-shouldnt-be-compelled-to-have-a-different-name-from-her-underage-kids-Mary-Njoku-Kemi-Filani-blog-min.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-757121285\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Njoku, a Nollywood actress, has expressed her view on the marital crisis involving her colleague, Yul Edochie, and his ex-wife, May. 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