~Sauron~:

What about travelling costs? Honeymoon and Paris(for costumes)
MC(Basket Mouth/Ali-Baba or Osuofia).
Musician(KSA or KWAM-1).
Accommodation(your guests/friends/relative).

wedding costs are divided into 3

pre-wedding costs- wedding planner
security
hall

wedding cost itself -highlighted above

post weddin costs- honeymoon and probably a gift for ya wifey

MC? i can do any MC, i dont need a baba suwe to give me dry jokes
music - Gimme a DJ and Asa- how much will that go for

the thing is all these money no go come from ma pocket alone

my mum n dad, my wife n her parents, my uncles and aunts and then myself

as i dey see am , ill need like 5m

chei na by force?

~Sauron~:

Credit card runs ke?
When the groom is an Investment Banker(MIT graduate). . . .Bride is a Lawyer in the City(Yale Graduate).
Omo. . . .U need to expand your horizon abeg.

i would have expected a union between an MIT and a yale graduate to yield class orientation. The IB's that i know would have chattered a plane and fly the guests to the exotic location where the wedding is going down.

jay bee:

i would have expected a union between an MIT and a yale graduate to yield class orientation. The IB's that i know would have chattered a plane and fly the guests to the exotic location where the wedding is going down.

Hehehehe.

sleek417:

wedding costs are divided into 3

pre-wedding costs- wedding planner
                               security
                               hall

wedding cost itself -highlighted above

post weddin costs- honeymoon and probably a gift for ya wifey

MC? i can do any MC, i dont need a baba suwe to give me dry jokes
music - Gimme a DJ and Asa- how much will that go for

the thing is all these money no go come from ma pocket alone

my mum n dad, my wife n her parents, my uncles and aunts and then myself

as i dey see am , ill need like 5m

chei na by force?

5 million from your side alone, shey?
How much will the gross expenditure be?
I wanna know the amount of money that will cover for all the 3 phases of the wedding cost.

~Sauron~:

Hehehehe.

5 million from your side alone, shey?
How much will the gross expenditure be?
I wanna know the amount of money that will cover for all the 3 phases of the wedding cost.

i dunno o

if i don get 5m, i can breathe, my wifey will come with hers, my mum, my dad, my relatives

but why should i even spend that much?

no be waste be that?
call the whole of Lagos to come chop ma savings?
omo na wa o

seriously osisi i cant imagine giving a man money to sponsor or better still marry me, thats wat it sounds like

my parents no go even allow me marry such a dude, i have 3 sisters dat did not sponsor theirs, same with me, why should i? im not desperate ojare

funny how notions of equality erode when "gender" roles favor women.

politician=5million and above

Pastor= 1million and above

lecturers= 500k

civil servant=100k and above

bike men,drivers and etc= 100k below


thats the estimate above

^^^^^^hmmm

si.lly idle talk of vanity. . . pstchew . . . _{hisses, scrams}

get a good job thats all!

[Electra][/all the "greens" in the world baby ]. ole

chelseabmw:

politician=5million and above

Pastor= 1million and above

lecturers= 500k

civil servant=100k and above

bike men,drivers and etc= 100k below


thats the estimate above

@ topic,
i didn't know grooms bear the entire wedding cost. i thought it was shared by both families. i think what should determine how much you spend on the wedding is how much you actually have. if you only have 15 or 20 million why spend a whopping 10 million on one day? you have to cut your coat according to your size!

It depends on how big you want it to be. Since Naija weddings consists of Traditional and Church wedding, you can decide ho wmuch you wanna spend on each.

For a traditional wedding, An average nice one would cost you about 1.5 million. That is if you want the traditional to be big. The church wedding I guess could cost u abt 1.7 million.

For the rings, it depends on ur pocket, Diamonds could cost as little as 150K and above,

because he has got responsibilty to uphold whatsoever.so he gat to be ready

Una dey make me fear to even plan wedding with all this cost i think i need to remain single oooooooo

N5m for marriage? Typical 9ja show off, after that they live mouth 2 mouth. Why not spend N1.5m and invest the rest so as to provide for that marriage?

Exactly! Totally misplaced priorities.

good paying job,good accomodation,good credit check and a God fearing spouse.

5 mil in cash or at least a 120k payn job 4 lyk 3 yrs wit a car and at least a rented comfortable flat apartment and at least a room in d villa. Then u r a go.

depends on if the woman has money of her own i.e. career woman n if they want to start hvn kids immediately.
If a kid is to be delayd and the woman works then he needs to hv half of what will make comfortable yearly living for the two of them and extra towards investment. I would estimate £25k-£45 income per annum n £5k-£20k for investment n savings. In Nija terms expectations will be less ofcos maybe 1mil per annum and 200k for savings.
equate kids n u need double of everything equate house wife then triple.

Now for wedding ceremony depends on how many countries and events. Naija one shld b between 1mil-5mil, UK £10k-25k, honeymoon £3k-5k. Marriage no easy oooooooooooo

I blieve with a stable job to fend 4 ur family and an apartment,u can go ahead.

dunno, depends on d kind of life he wants 2 live after d wedding day.

I don't like big wedding that calls for all street members , a lil budget and a constant work is highly important for a man and any man with out a job should forget wedding atleast untill he finds a job

3mills is relatively okay if the wife to be is cooperative, and covers some of the cost.

I think it's madness to spend #3-5 million on wedding. It's outrageous. How many jobs in this country put that much in your purse. For me a costant job, decent car and about 300-500k take care of the stuff. But if one can afford more, well and good.

Stannex:

I think it's madness to spend #3-5 million on wedding. It's outrageous. How many jobs in this country put that much in your purse. For me a costant job, decent car and about 300-500k take care of the stuff. But if one can afford more, well and good.

ah Bros, your wife go faint. you know women like it big.

Well, its a state of the mind. If you set ur mind at it, you'll be surprised where the finances will come from.

If I get the question right the poster is asking how much to prepare for a marriage not a wedding. The problem is that a whole lot of the answers are pointing towards wedding.

Know yourself, get EMPLOYED and LOVE your spouse.

How much must a guy have to wed? . . . . . Hmmm . . . .Let's see . . . 50,000(registry wedding)350,000,500,000,N1m,N1.5m . . . . . .Options,options,options!whatever he can afford;at least,a job with reasonable and stable income,accommodation,and be able to feed and clothe his family . . . . . .hope i covered everything? . . . . . . .

At least N150 million!

It goes thus :

70 million for investment in property (she must NOT know about this)
40 million in fixed deposit (she must NOT know about this either)
10 million in shares and securities (not very reliable these days thanks to Cecelia and Okereke)
20 million in savings account (yours)
10 million that she has idea of and from here you take out 2-3 million for marriage (not more than that)

To me, big weddings are just a facade and the main beneficiary is the woman. What's the point of spending over 10 million naira on a wedding and after that, she becomes a terrorist in the home? What's the point of spending so much when the rate of divorce is rampant these days? What's the point of spending all that when she may have slept with the guy who's your best man and he'll be smiling at both of you and laughing in his heart at what a real zombie you really are? As far as i'm concerned, NO WOMAN IS WORTH BLOWING UP A FORTUNE ON! If you doubt me, ask the divorcees!

Hahaha i got invited for a wedding for next month. The Aso Ebi is about 100 gran so you can only imagine how much the entire wedding must cost

A-40:

Hahaha i got invited for a wedding for next month. The Aso Ebi is about 100 gran so you can only imagine how much the entire wedding must cost

lol

Fear.com:

How much must a guy have to wed? . . . . . Hmmm . . . .Let's see . . . 50,000(registry wedding)350,000,500,000,N1m,N1.5m . . . . . .Options,options,options!whatever he can afford;at least,a job with reasonable and stable income,accommodation,and be able to feed and clothe his family . . . . . .hope i covered everything? . . . . . . .

Gbam!