Hi all,
I just got married recently about a month back, at the registry, we were asked to sign some documents, with a copy of the certificate issued to us (I and my wife).

Two days ago, I just decided to go through the issued documents, only to see a section stating that we are to register online on a web portal (intergovernmentalmarriagereg.org), and also to pay an amount of ₦5,000.

Please, can someone enlighten me on the importance of this registration.

colossalll:
Hi all,
I just got married recently about a month back, at the registry, we were asked to sign some documents, with a copy of the certificate issued to us (I and my wife).

Two days ago, I just decided to go through the issued documents, only to see a section stating that we are to register online on a web portal (intergovernmentalmarriagereg.org), and also to pay an amount of ₦5,000.

Please, can someone enlighten me on the importance of this registration.

I will get married in about a week at a marriage registry in Oyo State and I'm also required by the staff of the registry to pay a sum of ₦5000 to an account held by one elusive and seemingly unlawful Intergovernmental Marital Committee. I have decided not to pay the required amount on ground that the said Committee is not recognised by any known law. It appears that the Committee has merely been set up by local government marriage registrars as a means of extorting members of the public intending to contract statutory marriages.