At a time when marriages are hitting the rocks in the Nigerian entertainment industry, the duo of Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva are giving others hopes as they celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary.
The couple who got married on November 16, 1985, have been an inspiration to young people in Nollywood.
Joke took to her Instagram page to celebrate, sharing a photo of her family with the caption :
“33years and counting…for all we are and all we have achieved..so far…thank you Lord. It’s all by Your Grace. Happy Wedding anniversary Oludotun Baiyewun ??King of my Heart?”.
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Joke Silva months back in an interview with Daily Times opened up on why marriages break.
In her words:” That is why the marriages are not making it. The women are like, “excuse me, I’ve gone to school, I do my share in this house” you know? Let me give you an example; I remember I had a brief conversation with someone where I said “Oh! WOW! Your house is beautiful. Ah! Well done to you and your wife.” He said “What did she contribute? It was me. I built it.”
And I said “Sweetie, the fact that she wasn’t asking you for the money and she was making sure it was possible for you to build the house, if she did not give you a dime towards the house, her support to you building the house is her share in the house. Do you understand?
“But you know, they weren’t built up to think like that so you find that a lot of mothers will say; when you are building your house, if it’s only the roof, if it’s only a few tiles you can buy, you should buy it so that you’ll have a claim of the house.”
I am happy women are talking about domestic violence- Joke Silva
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