Former Military governor of old Anambra State, Col. Robert Akonobi (rtd), has pleaded with Igbo parents to reduce the bride price of their daughters so that ‘’our young boys can marry them.”
‘’To me, this topic (bride price) has been dealth with in the past by Ndigbo, who came out with a reduced bride price, to enable our young boys marry our young girls,” Akonobi said.
Akonobi also cautioned that men should study their proposed wives closely and longer before engaging into marriage because “once you marry, no one else can put it asunder.”
He spoke at the industrial city of Nnewi, Anambra State during the traditional wedding ceremony of the daughter of a business mogul, Chief Louis Onwugbenu, Onyinye and her husband, Bosah Chukwuogo, weekend.
Nowadays, young men are afraid to marry not because of lack of funds but because of the way their would be Inlaw treats them when it comes to payment of bride price as if the woman would end the sorrows of the man if he eventually marries her. This evil omen is predominant in our Igbo culture and it needs to be addressed for posterity sake. If you ever dream of marrying an mbaise girl for example, then be prepared to pay through your nose as mbaise people are well known for inflating bride price and demanding expensive items from the groom.
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