sonofananimal1:
IF YOU KNOW WETI THOSE CREATURE DO ME HEH?

AgbenuAnna:
highest #500 Benue state ogbadibo local government

sukkot:
where is that ? any civilized country or any civilized tribe or individual in nigeria will see it like that. i refuse to accept money if someone marries my daughter. in fact i will pay the man and make sure he is financially comfortable to look after her. set him up with a business and a house and a car so he can continue my responsibility for me

Umuchoke:
Not true

wristbangle:


Heya. Same here bro but man gat to move on. Just make ur money and see how they ll be after u like mugu.

Saklekplus:
Yoruba = between 20 to 80k
Hausa = between 10 to 30k
Igbo = between 200 to 600k

huthority01:
42 Bitter kolas (Orogbo)
42 Tubers of yam (Isu)
42 Kolanuts (Obi abata)
42 Chilli/Alligator Peppers (Atare)
42 pieces of dried Fish (Eja Osan)
1 Dish of peppered corn meal (Aadun)
1 Pack of Sugar
2 Baskets of Fruit
2 Decanters filled with honey
4 Crates of canned or bottled soft drinks
4 Crates malt soft drinks
4 Cartons of bottled water
2 Bottles of non alcoholic wine
2 Cartons of fruit juice
1 Bag of salt
1 Bag of rice
1 Umbrella
1 Goat
1 Keg of palm wine
1 Keg of groundnut oil
1 Big suitcase containing clothes, shoes and hand bags including aso-oke fabric, 2 sets of lace with gele and 2 sets of ankara
1 Wrist watch, Earrings and Chains
Biscuits and Sweets
Engagement rings for bride and groom
Bible(for Christians)

Monitory / Fees

Owo Ori (The Bride Price) – Varies
Owo Ijoko Agba (Money for the elders consent) – N,1000
Owo Baba Gbo (Money for the bride’s father’s consent) – N,1000
Owo Iya Gbo (Money for the bride’s mother’s consent) – N1,000
Owo Ikanlekun(Door knocking fee) – N1000
Owo Isiju Iyawo (Fee for unveiling the bride) – N1,000
Owo Aeroplane (Bride transportation fee) – N1,000
Owo Iyawo Ile (Money for the Housewives) -N500
Owo Omo Ile (Money for the Children of the household) – N500
Owo letter kika (Letter reading fee)-N500
Owo Telephone (Fee to call the bride out) – N500
Owo Isigba (Engagement gifts unveiling fee) – N500
Owo Alaga Ijoko (Master of Ceremonies fee) – N500

Chigold101:
lolzzzz you dont know anything at all.

My wife is from Orumba North & I am from Aguate... All in Anambra state. Everything I spent both bride price, food & drink for my trad is about 40k. Incluiding the vehicle that transported my kindred to the place.

Most times i blame guys for their predicament. When you are dating a girl and you are buying her all kinds of stuff. Puffing up trying to impress both the girl and her family. Why wont they bring knife to slash off your head.

I also blame ladies who become very weak when they face their parents. They forgot that after paying heavy amount of money, na she hunger go fire.

In my family we collect 8k for the father & 2k for the mother... Thats 10k... Only soft drinks and non alcoholic wine.

Umuchoke:

Hian! Na so you no value woman reach? Do you know parents actually spend more in training their daughters than they spend for their sons? Don't mistake me for being a feminist, but it's a no-no calling your daughter a responsibility. I even pray I get a daughter first before a son when I marry, because they're more caring than the boys when they're still little. They're priceless assets, bro, not responsibilities

Chigold101:
lolzzzz you dont know anything at all.

My wife is from Orumba North & I am from Aguate... All in Anambra state. Everything I spent both bride price, food & drink for my trad is about 40k. Incluiding the vehicle that transported my kindred to the place.

Most times i blame guys for their predicament. When you are dating a girl and you are buying her all kinds of stuff. Puffing up trying to impress both the girl and her family. Why wont they bring knife to slash off your head.

I also blame ladies who become very weak when they face their parents. They forgot that after paying heavy amount of money, na she hunger go fire.

In my family we collect 8k for the father & 2k for the mother... Thats 10k... Only soft drinks and non alcoholic wine.

Stelvin101:


Pls how old is ur daughter, I hope she is done reach 12yrs .. before u attack me, don't blame me o, blame Nigeria House of Assembly.

Toks2008:


This is why many Igbo brothers are dumping their own to rush for our beautiful yoruba sisters.

The Igbos should learn.Some igbo ladies even say our Yoruba ladies are cheap and i simply laugh.

Ishilove:
In my side, the Ukwuani speaking part of Delta state, the bride price is 10k.

Dem don dey tear eye small small

Saklekplus:
Yoruba = between 20 to 80k
Hausa = between 10 to 30k
Igbo = between 200 to 600k

Ishilove:
In my side, the Ukwuani speaking part of Delta state, the bride price is 10k.

Dem don dey tear eye small small

Umuchoke:

Hian! Na so you no value woman reach? Do you know parents actually spend more in training their daughters than they spend for their sons? Don't mistake me for being a feminist, but it's a no-no calling your daughter a responsibility. I even pray I get a daughter first before a son when I marry, because they're more caring than the boys when they're still little. They're priceless assets, bro, not responsibilities

sukkot:
i am not selling my daughter to any man. i cant even look at a kid my daughters age in the face after i have collected money from him for my daughter. listen my daughter will not be sold and if something happens to her while she is in her husbands house i want to be able to intervene with a straight face. if you have sold her to her husband you cant intervene in that house again. you have no right to. he has bought your daughter from you.. he paid you so he can kick you out of his house if you interfere when he is beating your daughter. thats his property now. he paid for it.

yeah me and my daughter not going out like that. anytime the nigga misbehaves i am coming in there to kick his ass and i can do that with a straight face cuz i didnt sell my daughter to him. no money was exhanged

Toks2008:


Good for you.At least they considered you fairly,many will not.

Umuchoke:

Nobody actually sells his daughter out. They're not slaves or animals, so why use the term 'sell' in marriage? It's African tradition, everywhere, that a bride price be paid to parents before a daughter is given out. In most cases, this bride price is not spent, as some people here have highlighted. It's just to show that marriage is not for free. Ok, take another scenario..the Fulanis. They make the groom hold a large mirror with both hands while young men lash his back with koboko. This is just a test of courage that the young man is capable of taking care of a woman. Secondly, I don't think it's right to go all about nosing in the affairs of your married daughter. If eventually she has issues with her husband, your job is to come in as elder and offer words of advice, not to kick the nigga's ass. I was joking before, but on a serious note, I can never accept to marry a girl I love free of charge. It shows no respect or dignity for womanhood

sukkot:
oh and let me address the bolded. brah ? whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, your children, including your daughter is your responsibility. there is a reason why that man on frontpage ran away when his wife gave birth to twins. cuz the weight of the responsibility scared him. they are your responsibility not your asset.

DaGC:
Varies. Some take from N10 - N50 others between N70 - N120....but never seen a case of more than N200.

We do it this way to stem the notion that you are buying our daughter. Because if you eff up, instantly your fee will be refunded and we can take our daughter back. Some clans even want their daughters buried in her father's place instead of the husband's, because they didn't sell her to the man. Its not his property.

Umuchoke:

A responsibility that will later become an asset. Bro, haven't you seen a poor family turn rich after a single marriage from a daughter? You may struggle hard today, incur debts and pay bills to raise her, and regain everything in ten folds tomorrow after she marries. Daughters are assets

sukkot:
ahhh but you wanting to pay for her is what shows lack of respect or dignity for womanhood. now she is a commodity to you

as for the african tradition thing, alot of african tradition is obsolete and outdated and needs to be scrapped. this is 2015. as for me kicking a niggas ass if he beating my daughter ? hell yeah i will beat his ass. is he crazy ? he better have a very genuine reason for beating her. only reasons i will accept are she slept with someone else or she is a husband abuser and i just decided to give her a taste of the beatings she gives me.

Ishilove:
In my side, the Ukwuani speaking part of Delta state, the bride price is 10k.

Dem don dey tear eye small small