Apostle Lilian Aryeequaye, the former wife of the late Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has stirred conversation with fresh counsel to young women about financial expectations and role agreements in marriage.
Addressing her congregation in a video circulating on X, she challenged the idea of women stepping into full-time homemaking without a clearly defined understanding between partners. In her view, such arrangements should not be informal or assumed, but properly agreed upon.
She argued that women should be allowed to pursue their own aspirations and not be expected to abandon them without conditions. According to her, any decision for a woman to stay home should come with clarity on responsibilities and financial arrangements.
“Anyway, except you also choose to be a housewife. And if we agree that I should stay home for five years to take care of the children, let it be on contract.
“Let it be something we have agreed on. Yes, God has decided to put children in your womb, so after I impregnate you, we may spend the first six years of our lives raising the kids. You stay at home while I work, but whatever I earn should be shared 50-50,” she said.
She went further to caution women against building relationships with men who do not support or value their ambitions, insisting that mutual respect for dreams should be non-negotiable in marriage.
Apostle Lilian Aryeequaye also emphasized that women are created with purpose and should actively pursue it rather than suppress it for domestic expectations.
“Don’t sacrifice your dream for anything. If he doesn’t believe in your dream, don’t believe in his. As soon as you stay home and become a housewife, you may no longer be attractive to him.
“We don’t work because we need money or because we are hungry. Women, that is not why we work. We work to fulfil purpose and mandate. There is an assignment God created us to accomplish,” she added.
Watch her statement below.
🇬🇭 “Marriage is good but not a career, follow your dreams. Don’t sacrifice your dreams for any man. If he doesn’t believe in your dreams, don’t believe in his own. Only agree to be a house wife on contract basis.”
— THE STATE NEWS (@THESTATENEWSS) April 12, 2026
— Apostle Lilian Kumah Aryeequaye urges young women to focus on… pic.twitter.com/qWKIOu1Ow9
