School teacher billed N1.5m from family of wife-to-be

A young graduate who is a school teacher in a private secondary school and earns a monthly salary of N75,000 is not a happy man at the moment. According to Idoma Voice, the schoool teacher’s prospective in-laws in Benue State asked him to bring five jerry cans of palm oil, one goat, two cartons of beer, two crates of soft drinks and eight thousand naira before he would be given the list of items to buy and pay for. He went, presented the items to them and they gave him a list of more items worth N1.5M.

“This excludes other logistic and miscellaneous expenses he may incur during the traditional marriage. We are yet to talk about the Church wedding which some ladies insist on before stepping their feet into a man’s house. Even the guy’s entire salary for thirty months cannot foot the bills presented to him. They must continue with their life after marriage. Funny enough, this lady is a student,” a concerned friend told the paper.

“I deliberately refused to mention the name of the school teacher, the lady involved and families involved because it is not really about them. It is about us. We have to condemn such developments in Tiv land. You may say it isn’t any of your business. But life is a circle. Today it is that poor young man. Tomorrow, it will definitely not be him.”